Comments on: What Cain Taught Me About God’s Love https://ldsblogs.com/29707/cain-love Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tanja Crouch https://ldsblogs.com/29707/cain-love#comment-529811 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:10:17 +0000 http://en.elds.org/ldsblogs-com/?p=29707#comment-529811 I have to say, I laughed at the line “I’ve been thinking about Cain this morning,” because I can’t imagine someone pondering Cain. However, I’m glad you did. I have taught Old Testament seminary and read the below quote from the manual stating the curse was to show mercy, so Cain would not be killed, but I never considered how that mercy was still showing love. This was a really interesting light bulb moment for me. Thank you for this article.

For those interested, here is what the OT Seminary student manual says: “The mark set upon Cain was not the same thing as the curse that he received. Cain was cursed as a consequence of his wickedness. The curse included being “shut out from the presence of the Lord” (Moses 5:41; see also Moses 5:36–39). The mark was to distinguish him as the one who had been cursed by the Lord. The mark was mercifully placed upon Cain so that no one finding him would kill him (see Moses 5:39–40).”

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