Romans – God’s Timeline XIX: The Purpose of the Eons – Transitioning Eons and Administrations (Part 3)
The Second Administration The second administration begins with Adam’s expulsion from Eden. He had been given knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 3:22,) and given a specific cap on his life. The following demonstrations with Cain and Abel show us the true nature of sin, its destructive capability, again rooted in jealousy. Man is conscious, now. Man knows the difference between good and evil, at least, on a conceptual level, and has been given a conscience to testify together with them, accusing or defending them (Rom. 2:14-16.) This is the gift that is dispensed in this administration – a conscience. When Cain murders Abel, it is explicitly out of envy – the same exact envy that is seen in the first eon in the Slanderer. Cain sacrificed fruit from the ground, which, while not inherently bad, there is no express statement from God that this fruit was “ first fruit,” or the ripest picking, but simply fruit. Abel, in contrast, had provided the first lings of his flock. Thematicall...
