was what we know now to be Mesopo tamia. In other words archaeology and scientific research confirm what Are know from the early chapters of Gene sis. Now it’s very simple to understand that when Adam’s son, meaning Cain, had killed his brother Abel, the Scrip ture says he went into the land of Nod. Nod was one of the portions of Eden the Scripture says. Well just as God created that part of the world, so he still created other parts of the world, other areas covered on the globe and Cain went to the land of Nod, this particular name of the area and lived there. Where did his people come from? Now I think that’s probably where most of the difficulty arises. The ques tion is how did Adam and Eve, the first ancestors of the human family, beget Cain and Abel. If Cain killed Abel, how could Cain go off and find a settled existence elsewhere? Well, for one thing, we believe on the basis of the Word of God, that there has never been a pre-Adamic race, that God did start with Adam and Eve according to Romans 1:12, “. . . as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” All men liv ing in the world today came from Adam and Eve. We must also realize, according to the Book of Genesis, from this chap ter and the 4th verse, that the days of Adam, after he begat Seth, were 800 years and he begat sons and daugh ters. In other words Adam did have Cain and Abel as sons, but Adam and Eve also had other children, and Cain, when he left Eden, could have gone to live elsewhere and those areas could have already begun to be populated by relatives of Cain who came from Adam and Eve who had more than just Cain, Abel, and Seth. In answer to that I would suggest Genesis 5, verses 4 and 5. Q . Tacoma, Washington — “How can Satan rally a crowd of followers during (continued on next page)
Q . Spokane, Washington. “Why do Chris tians in Protestant churches keep East er when it is a pagan holiday?” A. The Protestant churches keep East er Sunday because it was on the first day of the week that Mary and those of the apostolic band went to the sepul chre and saw that the grave was empty. The particular Easter Sunday when our Lord rose from the dead had to do with the Old Testament Pass- over Season. It was at that time of the year, somewhere around the spring of the year — early April or late March, thus it became our Easter celebration. Easter is related to the Passover be cause three days after the Passover, the Lord Jesus Christ, following His cruci fixion, was raised from the dead, and the fact of the risen, living Lord is the significant thing about Easter! The question has been raised, “Does the word ‘Easter’ occur in the Scrip tures?” Yes, the term Easter does occur in the Scripture — it is in the Book of Acts where it is a translation of the Passover as has just been indicated. Q. Wenatchee, Washington. “When God sent Adam’s son from the Garden of Eden for killing his brother , the Bible says he went into the land of Nod and dwelt. Now how could the land of Nod exist — how could Cain know where this land was and where did his people come from?” A. We must always realize that though we have 66 books in the Bible, the world’s great marvel of condensation, that not everything is in the Bible concerning what transpired in history ever since God created the universe. I am afraid many people feel that the Garden of Eden covered the whole universe. There is no valid view along that line. I know of no student of the Bible, especially the New Testament who feels that when God created the whole world, Genesis the 1st and 2nd chapters, that the Garden of Eden, comprised that whole world. It is gen erally held that the Garden of Eden
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