But at the beginning when cain killed, it was sin then.
No law = no sin.
Sure the law may not have been written down like they were at mount Sinai. But we are told the law is Spiritual, and God talked would not hold us guilty of sin if we are not aware.
Cain was guilty of sin.
Act 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at;..
Rom 7:7-9 KJV 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
So was there a law when cain killed Abel or not?
“For
the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
John 1:17 KJV
The law came after transgression it was added because of transgression brother instead of trying to figure it all out forst acknolwedge this statement about the law and then let other scriptire fill in the reasons
so start with just this statement
“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”
Galatians 3:19 KJV
see what I’m doing is agreeing why ouls revelation about the law I’m saying “ what purpose does the law serve ? It was
added because of transgression, until Christ came with the gospel , and it was ordained of angels and given into Moses hand “
can we agree there ? Hats what I’m saying about personal interpretation v hearing what it says and believing it and letting it form our thinking. What Paul’s saying isn’t something that we need to interpret because he’s explaining things we never understood about the law we have to defer that pride I. Us that makes us think “ what oils sayong a I it the law is wrong it wasn’t added because of transgression , it wasn’t until Christ came , it wasn’t ordained of angels and wasn’t given into a mediator ( moses not Christs) hand .
Of we accept what Paul’s teaching us to believe about the law the. The light comes on let’s look back where your pointing but let’s look even further back than cain to see what happened that caused a need for the law to be added because of transgression Now that we can see Paul’s just saying a plain statement and it’s not a parable or prophecy we need to decipher
Mans actual true state in Gods presence is meant to be like this
“And
they were both naked, the man and his wife, and
were not ashamed.”
Genesis 2:25 KJV
you have the commandment
“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of
every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
but of
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Genesis 2:16-17 KJV
adam Is free and he’s warned of the only danger to him. Now look how things change completely Adam and Eve have been on Eden and fellowshipping with God and aren’t ashamed in his presence
b it then comes transgression ofnthe first command forbidding
the knowledge of good and evil ot isn’t for mankind to partake of but Satan deceived them and then they transgress .
a now watch what changes remember they we’re unashamed , and had fellowship with the lord in Eden all is great but then after transgression they change
“And they
heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And
he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Genesis 3:8-10 KJV
Now , man becomes afraid of Gods word , and hides when he comes near , is ashamed of his nakedness because of what he know has inside of himself the knowledge of good and also evil now nakedness has become a temptation and shame that will cause lust because of that forbidden knowledge of good v evil now temptation has rooted inside of them
Man is them cast out of gods presence he’s lost his rightful place in Eden
now the evil begins to come out of man who took that knowledge of corruption in and the very first man ever born , kills the second
snow Theres a need to make a law saying “ if anyone kills another man , that man’s life is required for it “
Regarding cain brother just look at what God said to him he never told cain “ don’t kill your brother “ or “ thou shall not kill “ right ? He said this
“And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
If thou doest well, ( good ) shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, ( evil ) sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”
Genesis 4:6-7 KJV
a wouldnt you agree that of the law was already there God would have told him ?
the knowledge of good and evil eventually caused this state inside of us
“I find then
a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.( that’s why the law began to be added they had taken in the knowledge of good v evil and became conflicted inside thier mind and heart they weren't before that )
but
I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind,( Godndisnt make us non that situation we chose it in Eden )
and
bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”
Romans 7:21, 23 KJV
That’s why the law was added later mankind lost its understanding of good and evil right and wrong when they consumed the fruit
as sin grew the need for more laws grew
when man killed he later declared “ thou shalt not kill “ not killing was inherent in man before they corrupted themselves. They never needed a stone tablet to teach them not to kill they were Gods children made in his image they had a right mind and heart
when It became corrupt they needed the law , Christian’s have to be reborn by beginning and ending with Jesus and the gospel
a Jesus is not going tomlewd home who believes the gospel to kill anyone , he’s not going to lead us to lie , chest and steal , commit adultery ect infact his teachings are going to bring our understanding and mknd and heart back to what it’s meant to be , those who are formed and made after Jesus Christs image and likeness his righteousness
so no
my belief, just what I personally believe is that like Paul explains clearly in many parts of his letters the law was added because of transgression, was meant tomlast until Christ came with the gospel and fulfilled everything regarding himself.
“For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.”
Matthew 11:13 KJV
“
The law and the prophets were until John ot )
since that time the kingdom of God is preached, ( nt) and every man presseth into it.”
Luke 16:16 KJV