Week 4: Social Deterioration
Week 4: Social Deterioration
If Genesis 3 records the first act of disobedience, Genesis 4 records the first act of murder. For sin is social as well as individual, and the God who asked Adam, “Where are you?” (3:9) now asks Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” (4:9). Indeed, throughout the story of Genesis 4 to 11, the social situation steadily deteriorates. We see outbreaks of anger, jealousy, arrogance, violence, resentment, revenge, fear, and self-pity, culminating in God’s judgments in the flood and the tower of Babel.
But the beauty of these chapters as a whole is that alongside the horrors of human sin, human culture began to flourish—farming, building, technology, and music.
Sunday: Cain the First Murderer
Monday: The Beginnings of Culture
Tuesday: The Spread of Corruption
Wednesday: Noah and the Flood
Thursday: God’s Eternal Covenant of Mercy
Friday: The Origin of the Nations
Saturday: The Tower of Babel