You'll Have To Decide Whose MARK YOU Will Bear?

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He received a mark of protection that would keep him from being slain. We learn that Cain was considered by his peers to be a pariah. Yet even as a social outcast, he was under God’s watchful care. A visible mark was placed upon him. What was this mark? In some ways, it seems to function in the same way as the mark upon the faithful in the time of Ezekiel. Yet, in this case, Cain was far from righteousness. How could he receive the sign of truth and perfection? The answer can be found in the Genesis text. And it is in direct opposition to the mark with which God seals His elect. This “mark,” as given in Genesis 4:15, is translated from the Hebrew word ,ut (oht) a word that indicates a mark or sign. The symbol placed on Cain is spelled t aleph, u vav, , tahv [,ut]; the mark of the saints is spelled , tahv, u vav [u,]. That is, the very letters of the word for Cain’s mark are the exact reverse of the word used by Ezekiel in the sealing of Jerusalem’s saints.