O.k. Here's my take on this from the questions posed...
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Ok, Cain's punishment was that he was doomed to walk the earth forever, right?
If that is the case, is he still around? And did he age during this time, or did he stay the same age?
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When Christ died for our sins, did that take away Cain's sin, and he was able to die? And did he die instantly, or did he live some more years and then die?
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When God said that Cain would be a "fugitive and a vagabond" (Genesis 4:12) I take this to mean that Cain would have no peace/rest on the earth, especially since his own thought of what he did would follow him everywhere. I don't think it meant that he would live forever. I think God gave Cain a "second chance", if you will, so that he would have a chance to see the errors of his ways and repent. Cain obviously lived some more years because the Bible talks about he "knew his wife" and "bare Enoch" (vs. :17).
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Iffinity8 said...So by the time Adam and Eve where kicked out of the garden and Cain was exiled, there were already people there. Adam and Eve I BELIEVE, were not the first human beings but rather the first husband and wife.
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I have heard other people say this as well, but in other places inthe Bible it says that sin entered the earth through Adam and that we are all decendants of Adam. If there were other people, could we all say for sure that we are decendants of Adam? I don't think so. Also, Genesis 5:4 says that "Adam had other sons and daughters" I am assuming that Cain married one of his sisters or neices. Adam lived over 900 years so there was a lot of time to have a bunch of chirren!!
