January - Reading 2

2 days in a row I have read praise the Lord! I ama little confused about the readings due to seeing 2002 and 2003 dates. Shouldn't we have the readings reflect 2004?

Also, in Genesis, where did Cain's wife come from and why wasn't it explained? It just says Cain's wife had a son and named him Enoch. Thanks.

 

I am very pleased to hear it, AFG!

Are you referencing the original post dates on individual posts? If so, there is little we can do. If I were to delete the original post, the entire thread would disappear.

The hope of the webmaster and myself is that as time goes by, the threads will continue to grow. My recommendation is that you adjust to reading just the thread title. I also tried to edit out any reference to years in the reading postings to avoid any confusion.

Ah, there's an age old question!

You will find much conjecture but zero textual backing in answer to this question. The logical answer, if we assume a literal interpretation of Adam and Eve, is that the wife would have been a sister. The possibilities are, of course, far wider if we do not assume literalness.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia offers these observations, but no real answers:

 

Blake's questions were answered by Helen way back when he first posted them, but I am unable to locate the thread. Here are some observations:

[ January 02, 2004, 05:18 PM: Message edited by: Clint Kritzer ]

 

This looks like a muddled reply to traducianism. But that doctrine doesn't hold that sin is genetic, nor necessarily that the physical substance sperm has to do with it. The idea is that each person's soul is split off or "traduced" from his father's soul, going back to Adam. The Scriptural support for this is the fact that Levi paid tithes to Melchizedek while in Abraham. Since salvation isn't inheritable, not all acts and attributes of a father are carried on by his son. Now, the virgin birth didn't just make Christ's sinlessness possible, it made the Incarnation itself possible.

I also don't think I agree with it being "Christ's own personal decision" not to sin, if it means what I think it means. Do you suppose that God might have worshipped Satan? Do you suppose the Trinity might have been permanently divided against itself? No. There was never any possibility Christ would decide otherwise. The point of tempting Him was to demonstrate that He would refuse sin.

 

Our Scriptures for January 3 are:

Matthew 2:1-12

Acts 2:1-21

Psalm 3

Genesis 5-8

 

Our Scriptures for January 3 are:

Matthew 2:1-12

Acts 2:1-21

Psalm 3

Genesis 5-8

 

Our Scriptures for January 3 are:

Matthew 2:1-12

Acts 2:1-21

Psalm 3

Genesis 5-8

 

Our Scriptures for January 3 are:

Matthew 2:1-12

Acts 2:1-21

Psalm 3

Genesis 5-8