Why Are Secret Combinations Associated with Cain and Getting Gain? #585

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🗓️ 18 November 2020

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By recognizing the connection between secret combinations and Cain’s initial slaying of Abel, we are better able to appreciate how insidious and ancient these conspiracies or private coalitions truly are. Read at https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-are-secret-combinations-associated-with-cain-and-getting-gain

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0:00.0	And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation.
0:11.1	Behold, they shall be destroyed.
0:14.0	Ether chapter 8, verse 22.
0:17.1	Hey listeners, this is Nick from Book of Mormon Central, and today's podcast addresses the question.
0:22.9	Why are secret combinations associated with Cain and getting gain?
0:29.3	Throughout the Book of Mormon, secret combinations are frequently associated with the pursuit of wealth and power.
0:37.0	Often described simply as getting gain.
0:39.9	In Ether chapter 8 verse 22, for instance,
0:42.5	Moronite ominously warns,
0:44.6	whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations
0:47.7	to get power and gain shall be destroyed.
0:51.9	Words like get and gain, when used in the context of secret combinations,
0:57.0	seems to be clear allusions to Cain, who conspired with Satan to kill his brother Abel.
1:03.0	Concerning the birth of Cain, Eve declared, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
1:09.0	According to Matthew Bowen, the Hebrew word for gotten in this passage can also be understood
1:14.9	as I have gained or I have acquired.
1:18.7	Eve's explanation corresponds closely with what appears to be the root word behind Cain,
1:24.1	which can mean to forge or work in metal, a concept related to create in the sense of
1:29.8	forming or fashioning. Unfortunately, and rather ironically, Eve's apparent joy at having gotten a son
1:36.3	from the Lord would eventually be turned into sorrow at what Cain sought to get through Satan.
1:42.0	The book of Moses records, and Cain said,
1:45.1	Truly, I am Mahan, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain.
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