Brothers at war, suffering shepherds, and God’s choice of a younger brother: these biblical themes begin in Genesis 4, the story of Cain and Abel. And while the first violent crime in the Bible intensifies the downward spiral of sin, a closer look at Genesis 4 also betrays strong similarities with the failure in Eden itself. In today’s conversation, we explore all these connections, and also review where we’ve come so far in Genesis 1–3.

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

Other helpful links:

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck
• Adam as Israel: Genesis 1–3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh by Seth Postell
• Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus: how the Torah fulfills its goal in Yeshua by Seth Postell
• Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by John Paul II

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