Land of NOD

How does the Land of NOD relate to the Church in Babylon? Let's examine.

CAIN: A TYPE OF THE UNSAVED CHURCH?

Ge 4:4 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:

Ge 4:5 But unto CAIN and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

Ge 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were **in the field**, that CAIN rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Mt 24:40 Then shall two be **in the field**; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Mt 24:18 Neither let him which is **in the field** return back to take his clothes.

Mt 24:21 For then shall be **great tribulation**, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Re 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, THE BEAST that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Mt 10:28 And fear not THEM which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

1Jo 3:12 Not as CAIN, who was of that WICKED ONE, and slew his brother. And wherefore *slew he him* (cause to wander)? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

WANDERING: CHURCH IN TRIBULATION AND JUDGMENT?

Ge 4:14 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.

Ge 4:16 And CAIN went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the LAND OF *NOD (Wandering)*, on the east of Eden.

Ac 19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the NAME of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

Am 8:12 And they shall *wander* (also fugitive) from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

Nu 14:33 And your CHILDREN shall *wander* in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

Ps 59:15 Let THEM *wander* up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

Pr 21:16 The MAN that *wandereth* out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Ho 9:17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and THEY shall be *wanderers* among the NATIONS.

Jude 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; *wandering* STARS, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Jas 1:16 Do not *err <4105>*, my beloved brethren.

1Jo 3:7 Little children, let no MAN *deceive <4105>* you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Heb 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on THEM that are *out of the way <4105>*; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

2Ti 3:13 But EVIL MEN and seducers shall wax worse and worse, *deceiving <4105>, and being deceived <4105>*

Ga 6:7 Be not deceived <4105>; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a MAN soweth, that shall HE also reap..

Re 19:20 And the BEAST was taken, and with him the FALSE PROPHET that wrought miracles before him, with which HE *deceived <4105>* them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Ps 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they *go astray* as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

CAUSING TO WANDER: KILLING OF THE TWO WITNESSES?

De 22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep *go astray*, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

Pr 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to *go astray* in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Jer 50:6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to *go astray*, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

De 27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to *wander <07686>* out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Eze 34:6 My sheep *wandered <07686>* through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

Heb 11:38 Of whom the WORLD was not worthy: they *wandered* in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

NOT WANDERING: REDEMPTION OF THE BODY?

Ps 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let ME not *wander <07686>* from thy commandments.

Pr 7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not *astray* in her paths.

Pr 12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be *moved*.

Pr 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to *err <07686>* from the words of knowledge.

SUMMARY CONCLUSION

God appears to be associating wandering in the Land of NOD with the Apostasy of the church. Typified by Cain being cast away from the presence of God after killing his brother Able. Cain being a type of the unsaved church killing the Body of Christ (Abel) in tribulation through deceit. The Elect were driven to wander, but redeemed by God at the revelation of Christ.