I’m conflicted on why GOD would put a good mark on Cain after just killing Abel. I can see a beast mark being a way to prevent other beasts from killing Cain. ..but at the same time ..maybe Cain represents all of us leaving the Presence of the LORD.
yes it’s the difference in the sons of God , and sons of man . Remember Cain was allowed to populate the earth also. And then Seth was given to replace Abel.
It’s what I mean about patterns notice in revelation the righteous saints are killed by the beast , and the wicked marked of the beast persist in the earth and are allowed to operate in the worlds system , until the final judgement when this world ends and satans dominion fails when Christ returns .
I see it sort of the same Cain is a pattern for the mark of the wicked allowed to persist in earth , he wasn’t under Moses law his life wasn’t required yet for murder , but I see it as mans first estate like Cain we are seperated from Gods presence , and the gospel brings us o to the other crowd the sons of God not of Cain but of Seth
“And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me
another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:
then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.”
Genesis 4:25-26
So like Cain and Abel the first two men born of the first two sinners there are good and evil people , children of God o call on the name of Jesus and children of men ( beasts) who follow the example of thier spiritual father Cain who heard and refused Gods word and followed sin instead killing Abel because he was righteous and Cain was wicked
“Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.”
1 John 3:12
Cain was offered the word of repentance and life before he killed Abel but he refused to believe and instead followed satans ideas
“And
the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that
Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
Genesis 4:6-8 KJV
From Cain came many in the early world bearing the mark of fallen and separated from God man ( beast)
But those of seths line ( abels ) line , who called on the name of the lord we’re called the sons of God
“There were
giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became
mighty men which were of old,
men of renown.”
Genesis 6:4 KJV
when Gods people began to marry with cains children it became a problem because wickedness spreads into what’s good
“And God saw that
the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
Genesis 6:5-6 KJV
Sin is forbidden because it does harm to people we kill other people , lie to and about other people , steal from other people , commit adultery against other people ect and of he allows sin to continue among his people , it spreads because of our flesh and temptations and ruins what’s good like it did in Eden ruining the relationship between God and man and bringing death
Cain was marked and not killed because that’s how it works many belong to God yet and weren’t born and if he ends everything to punish the wicked those can’t be born who belong to him and can’t be redeemed having never been born in the earth
Jesus addressed this a few times it’s like a harvest so he’s not going to come and harvest until the end so as to not destroy the wheat while destroying the chaff but in the end he will father the wicked from the beginning and they eill
Have thier kingdom with Satan forever
and then the righteous in Christ will
Inherit all things as Adam and Eve were given mans true inheritance the earth.
“
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but
the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire;
so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
Matthew 13:38-43 KJV
it’s why wicked men persist through generations it would destroy all things of he came with vengeance so he’s given the gospel to us who will believe and be saved from all that chaos Satan caused in Gods field the parable includes this part of why he doesn’t come now when asked why
“He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
But he said,
Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 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.”
Matthew 13:28-30 KJV
to Me the mark is meant for the end judgement and harvest of ages to preserve things until the time is fulfilled for repentance and belief