Who are the rulers of evil who have authority to rule over the disobedient as Cain did? How was Cain marked and set apart from God’s people? “Every false religion . . . has been based on the Cain principle, that man can depend upon his own merits and righteousness for salvation” (ST, December 23, 1886). Through history, the rulers of evil have followed in the steps of Cain.

Who rules with Cain’s authority today? Professor Walter J. Veith answers this question in this introductory lecture on the Herodian mind.