Cain's Wife (Genesis 4)

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Also, speaking of redemption: technically speaking, only Israel could be redeemed (which means to buy back) because only Israel was sold for their sins. However, all who join themselves to the Lord participate in that redemption. Moreover, all creation is in a sense redeemed by Christ, since all creation was placed under a curse because of Adam's sin.

But as to biological descendancy, Adam had no sin nature and yet sinned. Thus, a sin nature is not at all necessary to explain the existence of sin. And therefore, direct biological descent from Adam is not necessary to explain the existence of sin in anyone, because an inherited sin nature is not necessary as just shown.

The Bible is not a geneology of all mankind. Rather it is a geneology of Christ, along with some mentions of close related side branches of His ancestry. This is one reason Scripture doesn't keep detailed genealogies after Christ: they aren't relevant to all mankind. Some person's genealogy may be relevant to themselves, but not to all mankind in general.

Likewise, prior to Christ, the only genealogies of importance to the Word are those respecting Christ and the immediate side branches of that lineage.

Correct, but Adam is still in the genealogy of all Children of Israel. Who are these other people? Where are they ever referred to? Where can we trace them down through the Bible. I have a thought which I was discussing with a brother tonight, just want to see if it is worth going deeper. Or just a black hole.