If it was an issue with Cain, Seth would have had the same issue!
Adam and Eve was told to multiply the earth.
We don't know how many siblings they had by the time Cain left from the presence of the LORD.
It seems in Genesis 4:14 there were other siblings already born.
"Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that EVERY ONE THAT FINDETH ME SHALL SLAY ME."
The key to the controversy is in Genesis 4:16-17 "And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, AND DWELT IN THE LAND OF NOD, on the east of Eden.
AND CAIN KNEW HIS WIFE; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."
An often asked question is did Cain get his wife from the land of Nod?
The scripture doesn't say that.
It says
"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod and Cain knew his wife.
It appears Cain was already with a wife BEFORE he went out from the presence of the LORD.
Hello Gatbel Chuol. The celebration of Hanukkah (or Chanukah, with the 'Ch' pronounced as 'Kh') is a Jewish eight-day celebration "of lights", with the progressive lighting of the Menorah over the eight days & with prayers & special food.
Since it celebrates the reclaiming of the Temple in Jerusalem from the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) who ruled the Holy Land in the 2nd Century BC, this commemoration is purely one for Jewish observance. There is no corresponding celebration or directive for believers in Christ to follow that tradition. One can understand if a Jew who has turned to Jesus as his Saviour may want to remember that eventful time in his history, because it was truly a time of thanksgiving & praise to God for this miraculous deliverance from the Grecian occupation & demands placed upon the Jews.
But if your question is, whether a gentile believer can celebrate Chanukah with his Jewish believer friends, then I don't see a problem with that as it doesn't involve any form of idolatry or conflicts with our faith in Christ.
We get that question a lot.
The same question can be asked about Seth.
If it was an issue with Cain, Seth would have had the same issue!
Adam and Eve was told to multiply the earth.
We don't know how many siblings they had by the time Cain left from the presence of the LORD.
It seems in Genesis 4:14 there were other siblings already born.
"Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that EVERY ONE THAT FINDETH ME SHALL SLAY ME."
The key to the controversy is in Genesis 4:16-17 "And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, AND DWELT IN THE LAND OF NOD, on the east of Eden.
AND CAIN KNEW HIS WIFE; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."
An often asked question is did Cain get his wife from the land of Nod?
The scripture doesn't say that.
It says
"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod and Cain knew his wife.
It appears Cain was already with a wife BEFORE he went out from the presence of the LORD.
I hope this helps.
God bless.
Interesting "Adam" transliteration, means mankind Genesis 5:2,
Hopefully these are helpful
Since it celebrates the reclaiming of the Temple in Jerusalem from the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) who ruled the Holy Land in the 2nd Century BC, this commemoration is purely one for Jewish observance. There is no corresponding celebration or directive for believers in Christ to follow that tradition. One can understand if a Jew who has turned to Jesus as his Saviour may want to remember that eventful time in his history, because it was truly a time of thanksgiving & praise to God for this miraculous deliverance from the Grecian occupation & demands placed upon the Jews.
But if your question is, whether a gentile believer can celebrate Chanukah with his Jewish believer friends, then I don't see a problem with that as it doesn't involve any form of idolatry or conflicts with our faith in Christ.
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