Now, we find in moving out from God
and establishes a civilization that is apart from
God altogether.
And the children of Cain establish a godless
civilization.
Let me just lift out two or three
things out of that and we'll pass on.
We find in verse 16, Cain went out
from the presence of the Lord and he
dwelt in the land of Nod on the
east of Eden.
I know a lot of folk in church
that dwell in the land of Nod during
church.
But frankly, I don't know where the land
of Nod really is.
I've often wondered just where it is.
Now again, there's speculation about this.
But he went out, he moved out of
that area.
And Cain knew his wife.
She conceived Bar Enoch.
He built it a city and called the
name of the city after the name of
his son Enoch.
Men have been doing that ever since.
They like to call cities by their own
names, streets by their own names.
And even in Christian work, you have schools
named for individuals.
Men love to do that, whether they are
Christian or after the order of Cain.
But here's where it all began and here's
where urban life began, city life.
He built it a city and he called
the name of the city after the name
of his son Enoch.
And the cities have become one of the
biggest problems that man has today.
The cities, they say, are dying and yet
the people are flooding to the cities from
all over this land, in fact, from all
over the world.
Now we find here, there are other things
in this section I'll just lift out because
I think they're important to lift out.
And Lamech took unto him two wives.
Here's the beginning of polygamy, two wives.
And the name of the one was Ada
and the name of the other was Zillah.
And we could have a lot of fun
here with these two, but I don't know
whether I should spend time with that or
not because of the fact that we would
like to move right on.
But it might be well to notice this
man now does that that also is contrary
to what God intends, what God had for
man, and you'll never find anywhere in the
scripture that God approves of polygamy.
The thing is that you read the accounts
accurately, you find out he condemns it.
He gives the record of it because he's
giving us a historical record here, and we
find that is the basis on which it's
given to us here.
Now actually, Ada means pleasure or adornment, and
she was the first one to make it
to the beauty parlor, I guess, and Zillah
to hide.
She was a coquette.
My, what two girls he had for wives.
No wonder he had problems, and you wonder
why.
Now later on we'll see here something happened.
Then we find something else began.
Here's the beginning of civilization, the kinetic civilization.
Verse 20 of Genesis 4, Ada bar Jabil,
he was the father of such as dwell
in tents.
Well, Paul was a tent maker, you see,
later on, and here's the first contractor, and
of such as have cattle.
Here's the first ranchers, you see.
His brother's name was Jubal.
He was the father of all such as
handled a harp and organ.
Here's the beginning of the musicians, and believe
me, we can well understand when we hear
some of the modern music today, well, I'm
sure that there are not many that argue
that it didn't begin with Cain's civilization.
Now we have here in Zillah, she also
bared Jubal Cain, an instructor of every artificer
in brass and iron.
And here are the ones that are craftsmen,
and the sister of Jubal Cain was Nehema.
And Lamech said unto his wives Ada and
Zillah, hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech,
hearken unto my speech, for I have slain
a man to my wounding, and a young
man to my hurt.
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech,
seventy and sevenfold.
This fellow here says, well, if Cain got
by with it, I can get by with
it.
After all, Cain did not slay in self
-defense, but I have.
And I don't know whether he did or
not, but he says that that's what he
did, that he slew in self-defense.
And so we have these two wives, I
do not know whether they entered into this
or not, whether he was defending one of
them or not, but be that as it
may, we're not told.
We find here that he feels he'll be
avenged seventy and sevenfold.
But our Lord said that to Simon Peter,
that's how much you ought to forgive your
enemy.
Now in verses 25 and 26, Adam knew
his wife again, and she bared a son,
called his name Seth.
For God, said she, hath appointed me another
seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
And to Seth, to him also, there was
born a son, and he called his name
Enos.
Then began men to call upon the name
of the Lord.
Now apparently, this was the beginning of men
calling on the name of the Lord.