A legacy is the enduring impact of a your life, your long term impact from your short time in this world. Every one leaves a legacy with their life. The question is what kind of legacy will it be? The Bible says that our legacy shapes our lineage. Those who come after us, both family and the world around us, are affected by our life that has gone before. Genesis 4 and 5 are about two paths, two legacies: Cain’s and Seth's. With the death of Abel it seemed like Cain’s legacy would inevitably be our legacy. But it is Cain’s killing of Abel that drove Adam and Eve to have another son, the son from whom the Savior will come. Humanity will be saved through this new birth, just as we will saved through our new birth in one from his line, through new birth in Christ. Unlike Cain who names his city after his own son, Eve wants a different legacy; she names her son in relation to faith and God’s goodness. His promise to save us out of our sin in Genesis 3:15 still stands. Cain’s legacy was eventually washed away by the flood, but Seth’s legacy lasts for eternity.
