I suspect that the television series Better Call Saul is so popular because it brings to our attention a deeply troubling reality every viewer senses in his or her own life experience. The characters’ forethought of action in response to crises doesn’t so much reveal their inner character as shape their character development, and therefore destiny.
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:” (Provers 23:7)
The show does this so effectively because it tells the story from the perspective of the characters. As they face crossroad after crossroad of decision they proceed towards a destination, while not of their liking, unquestionably the result of the choices which funneled them into their disasters.
The earliest surviving record of this morality play is imprinted on a Sumerian tablet. Dated to about 2400 BC, i.e. just prior to Noah’s flood, from its location at the top of the buried heap of flood destruction, which they acknowledge happened. As everything impacted by the flood was moved out of its place, this is transparently the standard bias against a possible timeline alignment with the Torah from shared eyewitness accounts.
- Columns i-ii date the recorded significant event as being so early in human history that there is not yet the opportunity to apply the common practice of associating the time with the reign of a national king, only Creation as a marker – “verily existed” and “created”. This also allows us to identify person, place and things.
- Column i line 11 identifies the main character – Ish-kur, who became the storm god in the Sumerian pantheon.
- The Sumerian / Old Babyonian word for “Ish” means “a type of person”, as found in the combination Ish-ab meaning “Rogue” in the sense of a “person” [who is] antisocial,
- This is a borrowed word from another language – the Hebrew word “Ish” used in Genesis 2:23 describing the cloning of the wo-man from the man, meaning “another like the first”, and “Eve…bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man / Ish, the same as the original [Adam] from the LORD.” (Genesis 4:1) Detailed analysis of the definition of Ish in post 33, Son=Image And Likeness Of The Father.
- Column ii lines 10-16 confirms this interpretation with the details of:
- sul-sul (doubling up to emphasize the characteristic, like saying “very, very ___”), a man’s man
- mah-mah / great-great (again expressing exceptionalism) ne / na (no vowels in Sumerian or Hebrew) / measured or assessed to be
- nam-en of En-lil / assessed to be the lord [of] Lord Spirit / Adam (i.e. his designated successor, heir)
- Column iii lines 2-12 confirm the biblical account that Cain lost his ability to live by agriculture, so forced to wander endlessly as a hunter-gatherer or at best a herdsman. in the kur-ra, foreign (to agriculturalists because) mountains, on the east the underworld (lacking God’s blessings). “And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.” (Genesis 4:16)
- Column iv lines 1-3 the passage of time with deaths of children whose bodiless souls are imprisoned in the ultimate underworld version of kur.
- Column iv line 4 – column v have no supporting accounts in holy scripture as it describes Adam entering into a transactional relationship with the Anuna / AKA Anunnaki / Those from heaven to earth came / fallen angels / modern aliens in order to rescue his son from the kur / underworld / afterlife. This is the point at which the investigator has to determine from the entirety of the testimony which parts are trustworthy and which parts are not. There is no validated evidence in history of a return from death excepts YHVH’s Savior, testified by far more witnesses than required in any court of law, which this Sumerian account does not provide.
This Sumerian version gives them the ability to trace their version of religion with its false gods and human dominionists back to Creation through Cain instead of Seth. Everyone at that time knew Creation to be true due to the personal testimony of Adam and Eve. Nobody was stupid enough to invent or believe in evolution.
You know that Adam and Eve told Cain endless stories of the fabulous way of life in Eden, no death, and how the LORD had promised to restore it through the Promised Seed of the Woman. A key point that should not be overlooked here is that when God told Adam to have dominion, “the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress / groom it and to keep / guard it.” (Genesis 1:27-28. 2:15)
And Cain lived up to that way of life in recreating the Edenic vegan world.
The following quotes from Genesis 4.
“Cain was a tiller of the ground…And in process of time…brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD…
“But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.”
In the meantime, back at the ranch, Eve had also born Cain’s brother Abel.
“And Abel was a keeper of sheep. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering [reported in other instances as fire from heaven].
Surely we recognize the repetition of the Luciferian attitude in Cain’s personal pride at his accomplishments and outrage at God’s rejection of his gift. So he lashed out, not against Abel for upstaging him, but against God for putting him in his place. “Oh you want blood, do you? I’ll give you blood!”
“And the LORD said unto Cain…now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; [so instead of a settled farmer at Eden] a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
And once again, Cain lashes out in a classic narcissistic reaction. A primary pathology of the narcissistic personality is delusional grandiosity, most obviously displayed as arrogant entitlement, but also as exaggerated victimhood to control others and sidestep accountability. The most pernicious aspect is victim blaming.
“And Cain talked with Abel his brother [started an argument] : and… rose up [after “couching” like a predatory beast] against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
Ancient names were given as a memorial to persons’ notable characteristics happening throughout a lifetime. “Cain” means “Spear”. Cain did not commit second degree murder grabbing a handy rock in the heat of anger. This was first degree premediated murder.
“And the LORD said unto Cain…What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”
This should not be treated as poetic expression. Science has discover that the events of our lives are encoded as epi-genetics on our DNA carried in our blood. “The voice” is the communication of this data to God through Intelligence far beyond AI.
“And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
God did not curse the ground – Cain himself did so with the blood he spilled in a biosphere far more tightly bound together and interactive than the corrupted world we currently know.
“And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
More of Cain’s psychodrama. It is important to recognize the difference between:
- Punishment is judgment, imposed by a social law and is generally not under our control.
- Consequence is the inevitable effect of our own actions, and any future consequences are under our control, like carelessness, gluttony, or heedlessness in dangerous circumstances.
- Chastening is tribulation brought by the parent in hopes of the chastened one choosing to repent – rethink the pros and cons – and change the behaviors that cause us harm. When my daughter was a toddler her favorite activity was withdrawn when she misbehaved. This was not punishment but an opportunity for her to consider her options and choose the best decision for herself in future.
“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.” (Hebrews 12:6)
Forgiveness, redemption and reconciliation with God and mankind were as available to Cain as they were to his parents and all the rest of mankind. And since Cain was no longer able to offer God a vegan sacrifice, he had no other option but to offer a blood sacrifice from a new career as a cattleman.
“And the LORD said unto him [with, I am imagining, rolling his eyes and enunciating clearly to indicate “we’re done here!”] Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.”
The mark of Cain has been cause for speculation, but we are told that it protected him. God also put a mark of protection on men many years later.
“And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations…And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite [those without a mark].” (Ezekiel 9:3-6)
It should come as no surprise that Anti-christ mimics this strategy, promising protection to those who take his mark.
“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,” (Revelation 13:15-18)
Kingdom Come 