Our text today features principle personas and legacies characterizing the fallen human experience. These patterns are so basic to post-fall life that they appear immediately in the history of mankind. Until the conditions responsible for these issues no longer plague the human condition, we should expect this pathological corruption to present itself through the course of history in a yet un-resurrected world. Later references in scripture confirm this idea... note: I John 3:12-13 & Jude 1:10-11. These authors make clear the events of Genesis, such as the rebellion of Cain, serve as an archetype that we might repent of our own sin and dispel any naivete as to the depraved condition of man's heart through the ages. Not only does the legacy of Cain serve to illustrate the hideous nature of sinful man, it also magnifies the long-suffering of our God in sparing the life of Cain and extending the life span of this fallen realm generally. In so doing, our Lord is extending the opportunity for repentance and he is reaping a greater harvest of souls as men call upon The Name of the Lord in every generation. As Genesis continues to unfold, we behold the account of the legacy and lineage of the seed of the serpent vs. the seed of the woman. These family lines – though similar in superficial ways – contrast in substance such that an eternal chasm separates their destinies.