Cain offers a sacrifice, a priestly act, which is not pleasing to the Lord. Yahweh gives him the opportunity to repent. Instead, Cain murders his brother, Abel. Thus we have the failure of a first ...

God asks Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” Not only does he not confess ... There must be a confession of sin, penance of sacrifice, and the involvement of a priest. It is the priest who ...

The Bible does not explain why the brothers decided to offer God a sacrifice, why each chose what he did, what Cain said to Abel, why he became angry, why he killed Abel, how he knew God rejected his ...

Abel was a shepherd so he picked a spotless, young lamb from his flock and brought it to God. Cain was a farmer by trade. He brought some vegetables from the ground as his sacrifice. The Lord accepted ...

Abel fell, and sprinkled his altar and sacrifice with his own blood ... Abel's blood speaketh. "The Lord said unto Cain, 'The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.'" The blood ...

In the same way that Cain hated his brother Abel for his righteous deeds ... True Christian love that honors God is willing to sacrifice and selflessly serve those in need. As Christ laid down his ...

Even in the beginning, we see Cain kill Abel. What lies behind this repetitive evil ... to be the perfect blameless sacrifice needed to reconnect God and humanity. Jesus' birth in the Christmas story ...

4 By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he ...