Cain was more violent killing his prey and Able was more meek tilling the land for his food. Then I heard that god preferred Ables offerings, but that doesn't make since because later on god demanded blood sacrifices. So why would god be happy with veggies and favor that man. *confused* It would ruin the notion that blood has to be shed and thus a savior to shed it for the world, a precursor to the Jesus story. A sacrifice of death was always thought to be the atonement, whether from, lambs, doves..etc to finally the savior. Yet god viewed Cain as violent for his blood sacrifice and honored Ables.
your seriously confusing and i dont feel like look for a bible or surfing the net but i was positive for a while b4 u started commenting that cain offered vegetables b/c cain farmed crops while able was a herder and raised cattle that he would have to later kill for food and sacrifice...
i think you are confusing their sacrifice
Re: Re: Why did god favor Abel?
Guys guys guys, I already addressed this thread. It's over. Nothing else needs to be added: the question was answered.
Originally posted by dadudemon
They couldn't tell you because they didn't study their religion.There's a couple of reasons that Abel's sacrifice was accepted and Cain's was not.
1. The sacrifice was supposed to be a blood sacrifice as a metaphor for the sacrifice that Christ would later give. It had to be the best of the first born among their flocks, to be representative of Jesus Christ and his "unblemished" spirit of perfection.
2. Cain did not offer his sacrifice in faith. We have to turn to Hebrews 11:4 to see that:
11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
That scripture tells us a few things about Cain's offering.
1. Cain did not believe what he was doing would do him any good.
2. Abel, having faith and being obedient to the commandments of the Lord, knew what he was doing was righteous.
3. Cain, possibly, made his offering out of disrespect or at least he knew it wouldn't be good enough and, therefore, willingly disrespected God.
Originally posted by Lost Magi
how exhausting. abel had a heart. period.
What's a "heart period"? Is that where the heart bleeds for a few days, every month?
Originally posted by Deja~vu
Cain was more violent killing his prey and Able was more meek tilling the land for his food. Then I heard that god preferred Ables offerings, but that doesn't make since because later on god demanded blood sacrifices. So why would god be happy with veggies and favor that man. *confused* It would ruin the notion that blood has to be shed and thus a savior to shed it for the world, a precursor to the Jesus story. A sacrifice of death was always thought to be the atonement, whether from, lambs, doves..etc to finally the savior. Yet god viewed Cain as violent for his blood sacrifice and honored Ables.
Originally posted by Wild Shadow
from ur religious sect perspective not by the average christian view and text..
Odd considering I posted New Testament scripture that was pretty straight forward about it.
I assume that you didn't read what I posted and, instead, followed the link to the original post, read the ADDITIONAL/SUPPLEMENTAL information that doesn't change anything I posted before that.
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Originally posted by Wild Shadow
your seriously confusing and i dont feel like look for a bible or surfing the net but i was positive for a while b4 u started commenting that cain offered vegetables b/c cain farmed crops while able was a herder and raised cattle that he would have to later kill for food and sacrifice...i think you are confusing their sacrifice
But I was told that Abel wasn't able anymore. 🙁 And it was because he ate veggies.