Bringing the best of the produce of his crops, the fruit of the ground which God had blessed, Cain was saying that he was willing to admit his utter dependence upon God as creator, and blesser of the ground. Ĭain also made a statement by his offering. Please accept this sacrificial death in my place!”. I admit I am a sinner, and deserving of death. But sacrifices are statements in and of themselves.īy offering the God appointed bloody sacrifice to God, Abel was saying in effect, “I come to you dear God, by the blood of this substitute which you have ordained. Abel offered the God appointed blood sacrifice and Cain offered of the fruit of the ground. Both Cain and Abel were monotheistic worshippers. This first account of murder, and of fratricide is placed immediately after the account of the Creation and the Fall of man, as being basic to the entire development of man after the fall.Ĭonsider that the context of the first murder is worship. There would be many, many more murders in human history, and for varying reasons and circumstances, but the story of Cain and of Abel is about much more than the sin of murder. I believe that the story of Cain and Abel goes beyond being the account of the first murder.
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#Cain and abel in islam full
Ironically, though Genesis is an account of the beginnings, it is also full of eschatology, the beginning corresponds to the end.
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Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, for example, but Genesis focuses on the story of Cain and Abel.Įvery account in Genesis was hand-picked by the Holy Spirit because it offers the fundamental understanding of some aspect of either the fall or the salvation of humanity. It is a succinct theological account of the earth and man’s beginnings. The Book of Genesis is foundational to all of the Revelation of God to man.