A Brief Biblical Theology of Cities - Nancy Guthrie

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A Brief Biblical Theology of Cities - Nancy Guthrie

The Origin of the City

In many ways, we could say that the story of the Bible is the story of two cities. The story begins not really in a city, but in a garden. But it’s as if the spirit of the city of man enters into the garden.

Immediately after Adam and Eve are exiled from it, they have two sons: Cain and Abel. Cain kills his brother Abel and then what does he do? He went away from the presence of the Lord. We read in Genesis 4 that he knew his wife and she conceived and bore Enoch, who built a city.

Why did he build a city when he was trying to escape the presence of the Lord? The Lord had put a mark on him to provide security for him, but he didn’t trust in God’s security. He built a city to try to create his own security. He built a city in which he intended for God to just stay out..." from the article: A Brief Biblical Theology of Cities - Nancy Guthrie

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