Genesis 9:6 (Part 9) Biblical System of Criminal Justice

Divine Institutions—four of them in Genesis:

• Volition, Genesis 2:16-17

• Marriage (family)—Genesis 2:18-25

• Government—Genesis 9:6

• Nationalism—Genesis 10:32

Government:

• Post-fall reality

• Responsibility assigned

• Specified penalty

• Sanctity of life

• Established principle of justice

The first murder, Genesis 4:8-15

• The setting, 4:1-7—emphasis:

o Cain’s relationship to God

o Abel’s relationship to God

o Absence of conversation between Cain and Abel

o Hostility toward man is the result of hostility toward God.

• The description—vv. 8-10

o Premeditated

o Hostile

o Brutal

 Matthew 23:29-35; I John 3:12; John 8:44