Genesis 4:13-16 ESV
Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Could this be the first mark of beast?
Cain is as spiritually dead as one could be, as any beast of the field. As the darkness preceded the light in creation, could the mark of beast precede the mark of Christ, the Holy Spirit?
Cain left the presence of the Lord, took the mark to enter the darkness of his father. His kind would embrace and thrive in the world, full of pride and self satisfaction. The separation of darkness and light continues.
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