Genesis 4:9-24 – The Mark of Cain

Today we will be looking at “the mark of Cain,” the identity of which has been the object of lots of theological speculation over the centuries. In the 1700’s and 1800’s the prominent belief was that the mark was dark skin. That argument was used to justify the slave trade as well as racial discrimination. But there is absolutely no biblical basis for such a belief, and even if that was the identity of the mark it wouldn’t had justified […]