This chapter began with Adam, "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from theLord." Carnal knowledge of sin begets only sin. It is thus Cain went bad. His name signified gift from the Lord. On the other hand the Spirit does not give a meaning to the name his sibling carried. But his works pleased the Lord. He had respect to the knowledge by the light shown into his heart. (2 Co.4:6) Knowledge when applied leads to understanding. Abels offering pleased God because of the slain Lamb. It signified the divine care that compensated for the loss of glory associated with his parents. He remembered the loss of God as well that his offering was some kind of compensation. Abel "brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And theLordhad respect unto Abel and to his offering." Every good and perfect gift is from above.
Cain was a gift from the Lord but it cannot be said of his offering, to which God had no respect. The ground was cursed for his father's sake. "Cain was a tiller of the ground./And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto theLord." Abel viewed offering from God's point of view as it were. Whereas Cain gave 'a tip' from the accursed ground with a 'take-it- or- leave-it' attitude. "Not as Cain,whowas of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."( 1 John 3:12) In short his works showed his parentage.
This chapter began with Adam, "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from theLord." Carnal knowledge of sin begets only sin. It is thus Cain went bad. His name signified gift from the Lord. On the other hand the Spirit does not give a meaning to the name his sibling carried. But his works pleased the Lord. He had respect to the knowledge by the light shown into his heart. (2 Co.4:6) Knowledge when applied leads to understanding. Abels offering pleased God because of the slain Lamb. It signified the divine care that compensated for the loss of glory associated with his parents. He remembered the loss of God as well that his offering was some kind of compensation. Abel "brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And theLordhad respect unto Abel and to his offering." Every good and perfect gift is from above.
Cain was a gift from the Lord but it cannot be said of his offering, to which God had no respect. The ground was cursed for his father's sake. "Cain was a tiller of the ground./And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto theLord." Abel viewed offering from God's point of view as it were. Whereas Cain gave 'a tip' from the accursed ground with a 'take-it- or- leave-it' attitude. "Not as Cain,whowas of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."( 1 John 3:12) In short his works showed his parentage.
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