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Lesson 5

Cain and Abel to the Tower of Babel

The story of Cain and Abel demonstrates the impact of sin on humanity; but God gives everyone the opportunity to repent of their sins.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Conscience Covenant Grace Old Testament Scripture Sin Virtue
Essential Lessons
Lesson Vocabulary

  • Polygamist
    :
    (n.): A person who takes more than one wife.
  • Nephilim
    :
    (n.): Mysterious individuals from Genesis 6 who are described as “the heroes of old” and the “men of renown.” Careful study of Scripture reveals they are, in fact, the children of marriages between the sinful descendants of Cain and the faithful descendants of Seth. They were morally corrupt men who sought to honor themselves rather than God.
  • Great Flood
    :
    (n.): The cleansing and re-creation of the world by God when the human race had become so sinful that only one righteous man, Noah, remained. The Ark (a type of the Church) carried Noah and his family to salvation through the Flood waters.
  • Ark
    :
    (n.): A place or vessel that provides safety and protection. The word used for the boat God commanded Noah to build to save himself and his family as well as pairs of every unclean animal and seven pairs of every clean animal during the Great Flood.
  • Kosher
    :
    (adj.): Allowed by the Jewish law regulating the kinds of animals allowed to be eaten and sacrificed and their preparation.
  • Table of Nations
    :
    (n.): A genealogy found in Genesis 10 that traces the various lineages that stemmed from the sons of Noah.
  • Shem
    :
    (n.): Hebrew for “name.” The eldest son of Noah.
  • Tower of Babel
    :
    (n.): A tower built by humans in an attempt to get to Heaven to make themselves like God. As punishment, God confused the language of the human race and scattered them all over the earth.
  • Pentecost
    :
    (n.): The day when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the Apostles and the Church was born. Fifty days after Jesus’ Resurrection (10 days after His Ascension into Heaven), Mary and the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room and were filled with the Holy Spirit, who came in a rush of wind and appeared as tongues of fire over their heads.

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