All God's Children
"The Mystery of the Wheat and Tares"
As children of God, we are called to serve Him, and in our love for Him, we desire to grow closer to the Lord. We did not choose Him first; instead, He chose us. We were created for His pleasure (Rev. 4:11). Because the Lord loves us, He has written to us in his word of what will happen, and why these things happen. There are no unanswered questions in this world, only mysteries to solve. The events recorded in scripture are for our benefit. If we will study the scriptures with wisdom, the most difficult questions will be answered.
The bible is basically a story of one man's family, and those people who come in contact with them. Our Father, God, in His great love for us, has given us warning to protect us, much as we try to warn and protect our loved ones. The children of Cain are part of a hidden mystery. As we enter these final days before the millenium, many amazing things will happen in the physical realm revealing the spiritual world. The Holy scriptures are our instruction of how to be wise in these perilous times.
All verses quoted are from the King James Version of the Bible. Every word in this bible can be translated to its original meaning in the Hebrew, Chaldea or Greek with a Strong's Concordance. Every serious student of God's word should have this tool. It is simple to use and the information gleaned is priceless. When reading the King James Bible and you find a word you want to check in its original usage, just note the book, chapter, and were that word comes from and look in the Strong's Concordance. Look up the word as you would in a dictionary.
Example: Genesis 6:9 "These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and Perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God."
generations is # 8435 towledah: descent of family
Perfect is # 8549 Tamim: without blemish, undefiled; pedigree
So, from this verse it is clear that we are about to read of a man called Noah. His family had not mixed their race (pure pedigree) with the fallen angels and he served God. Noah was a good man, but his pure pedigree is what God saw that separated his family from the others in his region. The scriptures concerning the first recorded birth and his family are equally interesting. Let's discover the hidden mystery of Cain and his children, the Kenites.
Cain #7014 Qayin, kah-yin; the name of the first child, also of a place in Pal.; and of an oriental tribe; Cain, Kenite(s).
Kenite #7017 Qiyniy ,kee nee'; patron 7014; a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kayin/Cain: -- Kenite.
The name translates to meaning a sense of fixity as striking fast in terms of a lance or spear (see #7013). What do we know of Cain? Genesis 4 tells us of the birth and life of Cain. First, fraternal twin brothers. Genesis 4:1-2:
4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
The word "again" in Vs 2 is:
#3254 Yacaph, yaw-saf; a prime root; to add or augment (often adv. to continue to do a thing).
*note #5750 Owd, ode; from 5749; prop. iteration or continue; used only adv. (with or without prep) again, repeatedly, still, more;-- again, all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further.
This word Owd which seems to mean the same as Yacaph is used to demonstrate separate births not twin births in Gen 4:25, 29:33-45, 38:4&5, and it is used to exhibit a repeat of a prior action in verses Gen 35:9, Deu 13:16, Jdg 13:8, 20:25, Ru 1:14. It validates the idea of Yacaph as being unique in continuing an action. God says what he means in the bible and He chose the word yacaph for the birth of Cain and Abel.
The obvious meaning is Eve gave birth to Cain then continued to labor and bore Abel. There is more telling evidence of their being twins in that they both came of age to sacrifice to the Lord at the same time, see Gen 4:3-4:
4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
"In the process of time..." is better read in the Hebrew as "at [the] end of days" giving as appointed season for sacrifice, thus Cain and Abel came of age at the same appointed season.
What can we say of Cain's offerings?
Cain could have brought first fruits, but he did not. He brought fruit, while Abel brought the firstlings of his flock along with their fat (as we know the fat is the Lord's Lev. 1:16).
Fruit #6529 Periy, per-ee; from 6509, fruit, bough, reward.
Firstlings #1062 Behowrah, bek-o-raw; or (short form) beforah, bek-o-raw; fem. of 1060; the firstling of man or beast; abstract ; primogenitive:--birthright, firstborn(ling).
Firstfruits are considered ones best as there will never be another to come first. Abel gave his best the Lord, while Cain just gave out of some "religious" obligation. God respected Abel's offering. What is a sign of he Lord's accepting an offering? Well, in Lev. 9:24 the offering is consumed by fire sent divinely from God. Other examples of the divine fire from God are found in Jud 6:21,1Ki 18:38,1Chr 21:26,2Chr 7;1, and the witness of this divine fire for Abel in Hebrews:
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
What does Hebrews 11:4 mean? Abel believed God was worthy of offerings so by this faith he brought only the best to his God which was better than Cain brought. The implication being that Cain did not believe God was worthy of the gifts/offering. Because Abel did this act of faith he obtained a witness from God that he, Abel, was righteous. This divine fire showed God approved of Abel and not Cain. The word "testifying" in the Greek is:
#3140 Martureo, mar-too-ree'-o, from 3144, to be a witness, i.e. testify: charge, give [evidence], bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report.
God sends a physical manifestation for Abel to know he was approved and for Cain to know he was not approved of by God. Cain sees his offering shunned and Abel's divinely accepted. Rather than repenting for his sin and correcting his failure, Cain is filled with rage and jealousy over Abel, and one might add God. Cain kills Abel, possibly a symbolic act of killing God, and he leaves Abel's body in a field.
God knows what has happened and seeks Cain to answer for his crime of murder. God punishes Cain with a curse of not being able to farm ever again, neither him nor his children. Cain sees this as a death sentence (Gen. 4:14).
4:14 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.
It is interesting to note God did not take Cain's life as the penalty for murder is death, but the law had not yet been given. Instead, God curses Cain and his offspring (evident in future verses) to never yield fruit from the ground. God also places a mark upon Cain to keep him and his children safe from murder. I will not go into the mark yet, but there are clues available in scripture to recognize a Kenite. One or the more obvious clues is revealed in the children of Cain in Gen. 4:17-24:
4:17 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.4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. 4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. 4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
There is a great deal of information to be gleaned from this passage. First, Cain took a wife from the land of Nod. This woman is not in the listing as one of Adam's children.
Who is Cain's wife?
Obviously, God created men and women on the sixth day who were of all races. They were to be hunters and fishers. God then rested and saw there was no one to till the ground for agriculture. God then created The Adam Genesis 1:26-28:
1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
We first notice that God said, "let us make man in our image. The word man has no article in the Hebrew and thus is a term for mankind in general, not a specific man.
#120 Adam, aw-dawm'; a human being, person.
It is interesting to note that God told these people to replenish the earth. In order to replenish the earth it must have been inhabited before this new earth was created. Gen. 1:2 states the earth was without form and void, but the Hebrew states clearly that the Earth became without form and void. The word was in Hebrew is became not a state of creation.
1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
God is pleased with everything He has done and it is good. God rested on the seventh day and when the eighth day began He sees there is no man to till the ground. Now, God does not make mistakes, and a study of biblical numerics makes this an interesting situation. God knew what the plan for mankind was and He knew how the events would play out. The number 8 symbolizes new beginnings. When you come to salvation in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus you are a new creature/person. It makes perfect sense that God chose a man/race to bring the Messiah into the world and that man was "THE ADAM". Gen 2:7
2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
This word "man" is given with an article in Hebrew to denote a specific man. It reads "eth-Ha Adham or THE ADAM. Now, this may seem to some that The Adam is better or superior, but that is only for the biblically illiterate to reason. God chose a race to bring Messiah into the world through, and that race is the ruddy complected children of THE ADAM. All races were created by God perfect and beautiful. God stated such when he completed the work on the sixth day. Cain took a wife from the sixth day creation. It is to the discredit of The Adam and Eve that they fell into sin so easily. Satan was after Eve immediately, and no wonder, the greatest threat to him was coming though this couples children.
The Mother of All Living
Eve is called the mother of all living because of who Messiah is. It is through the children of Eve that we finally come to the tribe of Judah and the young maiden, Miriam/Mary to receive the Holy conception where no man had a part. Once you come to salvation in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus you have eternal life, and the fear of death has no hold on you. Thus in Messiah down through the generations to Eve she is the mother of all living being the beginning of the seed line for Messiah.
Kenites the Sons of Cain
What do the names and occupations of Cain's children reveal? Genesis 4:17-24 shows us that none are farmers. Also, at the end of several names we have the lesser form of the name of God "el" which can also mean a god. Not as respectful as the "ah" ending in Adams lineage for the high name of God "Yah".
Enoch - teaching or initiation
Irad - city of witness
Mehujael - smitten of God, abolish, blot out, destroyed by almighty
Methusael - man who is of God or god
Lamech - powerful
Adah - ornament
Zillah - Defense, shade or shadow
Jabel - flowing
Jubal - joyful sound
Tubal Cain - flowing from Cain
Naaman - Pleasantness
As Cain viewed it his right to kill Abel for offending him, Lamech sees it is his right to kill anyone who hurts or offends him, and the protection given Cain will be magnified to seventy-seven fold. Does this remind you of a certain New Testament passage where we are told to forgive people seventy-seven fold? The exact opposite of a Kenite philosophy!
So, what do we know about the Kenites? They have bad tempers and seem self indulgent. None of them are farmers. They have one child per family except for Lamech whose name means powerful. He has two wives to show his power and strength and each of them has two children. I believe the women both had twins thus adding to the image of power, not by will mind you, just the way it worked out. Another clue about Kenites is they mimic the children of God. In Genesis chapter 5 we are given the genealogy of the children of Adam. Notice also that this genealogy is given as the children of Adam, and Cain is not even mentioned.
Cain is not Adam's Son
Why is Cain not even given a place as being the bad son? There is a teaching that the lineage of Adam is to show the Messiah's line, but this is not written in the scripture. It would have been easy to write Adam knew Eve and she bore Cain and Abel. Cain slew Abel. Cain slew Abel before children were born to them. Adam knew Eve again and she bore Seth and other sons and daughters. The scriptures do not say this. Let's read the passage Genesis 5:1-5:
5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
*(note: a side study for the atheists who like to study the bible for error and "lies", they say "see, Adam did not die the day he sinned in the garden, thus the bible is a lie!" Well, Adam lived 930 years. A day unto the Lord is as a thousand years, so Adam died 70 years before the Day was over in God's estimation of time. Reference Psalm 90:4 and 2 Pe 3:8)
Where is Cain in Adam's own likeness and image? He is not listed because he is not Adam's son! Now, before you get angry and throw away this study, let's go see in scripture the proof of whose son he is AND what did Yeshua/Jesus say regarding Cain and his children the Kenites.
Things hidden from the foundation
Yeshua taught in parables for those with eyes to see and ears to hear t o learn the mysteries of the Kingdom of God. Matthew:
13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Do you know what it means to be kept secret? Proverbs says:
25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of Kings to search out a matter.
Many people refuse to dig in the word of God and discover the "secrets" it contains. What does the phrase in Matthew 13:35 "from the foundation of the world" mean?
Foundations is #2602 Katabole', kat-ab-ol-ay; from 2598; a depostion, i.e. founding; fig. conception
#2598 Kataballo, kat-ab-al'-lo, to throw down--cast down, descend, fall.
Something has been hidden from the fall of the first earth age. What caused the destruction of that age? Why did God destroy the first earth and heaven age? Because Satan, the covering cherub (Ez 28:14) rose up to be worshipped as God and a third of the sons of God followed Satan (Rev. 12:4). Instead of destroying them all, God destroyed that earth and heaven age. There was great destruction, so vast and complete that nothing on earth survived it.
Jeremiah 4:23-28 reads
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. 4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. 4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
"Was without form and void" means in the Hebrew the earth became destroyed, just as Genesis 1:2 states. This passage is telling how it was destroyed. The word "was" is became in the Hebrew.
#1961 hayah, to become
God destroyed everything! Not a plant, animal, building survived this destruction. Mammoths are discovered with buttercups still in their mouths in the North Tundra where only ice and snow are today. This was a swift and sudden destruction. Many misunderstand this passage and assume it is referring to Noah's flood, but we know at least eight Adamic souls survived, many animals and plants made it. It takes about a hundred years to grow an olive tree to bear fruit and leaves. It is one of the slowest growing of all trees. Yet, with Noah's flood the dove brings an olive tree branch to the ark as a symbol of life and peace. Can you sense the massive catastrophe expressed by the writer who repeats "I beheld, and lo", as a feeling of absolute destruction. When God moves it is decisive and quick.
Yeshua said in Mt 13:35 he would utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world. After that great destruction, God created a new heaven and earth. He created the world we live in today. And, as quickly as He created this world, Satan tried to overthrow it as well.
Parable of the Wheat and Tares
Yeshua spoke this parable in Matthew 13
13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
The disciples came to Yeshua and asked for an explanation of this parable. Yeshua told us of this mystery in Matthew 13:37:
He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
The parable is so simple, but many refuse to see or do not have eyes to see. Who is God's enemy? Satan is the enemy of God. What are children? Well, now that is a tough one. Children are the creation of God in Genesis. The Greek is even cleared in understanding.
Seed #4690 Sperma, sper'-mah, from 4687, something sown, i.e. seed
This is the same word from which we get our English term, sperm. What else does this parable tell us about God's children verses Satan's children? The use of the term wheat and Tares is very important. Wheat is the foundation for bread. God sowed bread, the bread of life is Yeshua. Yeshua is the word made flesh, and the word is likened to bread as well. Through faith in Him all have access to God the Father. What are tares? They are look alike weeds to wheat. In Greek:
#2215 Zizanion, dziz-an'-ee-on; of uncert origan; darnel or false grain- tares.
These look weeds look just like wheat in the beginning, then as it becomes time to bear fruit they turn black a and are good for nothing except kindling in a fire. It is as if God created these weeds just o give us this picture of Kenites and Adam's children. The whole parable is about the foundation mystery, thus these are the children from the beginning of this earth age--Cain and Abel whom Cain slew, then to Seth to carry on the line.
When would we see the harvest? At the end of the "world". This word in Greek is:
#165 Aion, ahee-ohn; from the sense of 104, prop. an age.
We will have the harvest at the end of this age. The last days began in 1948 when Israel became a nation. and a benchmark in time happened in 1968 when Jerusalem was no longer in the hands of gentiles. Luke 21:24 gives us the biblical timetable to see when the last generation would begin:
21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Israel became a nation in 1948 and Jerusalem returned back to Jewish hands after almost 2000 years of gentile control in 1968. This prophecy was fulfilled. Luke 21:32 finalizes it with:
21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
This generation of the fig tree. Israel is compared to the fig tree many times in scripture. No one knows the exact date when God closes out this time period, but Yeshua did give ut the season. Yeshua said this generation will not listen to these signs.
Matthew 11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
This is a warning to us abut the end days. It reveals there are two sets of children and two fathers. Cain is the son of Satan and God is warning us of them in many places in the bible, not to hate them, but to know the enemy and be wiser than him.
It all goes back to the beginning
Genesis 3:1-7 & 15
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Lets define these words in the Hebrew manuscripts:
Serpent #5172-5175, Nachash, naw-khawsh', has several possible meanings. #5172 means to hiss, whisper a (magic) spell. #5173 means an incantation or augury; enchantment. #5174 means copper or brass, shining. #5175 means snake (from its hiss) a serpent.
The word in the manuscripts is nachash #5174