In the story of Cain and Abel, the farmer's offering is rejected and the shepherd's is accepted. Why?

Question

In the story of Cain and Abel, the farmer's offering is rejected and the shepherd's is accepted. Why?

Answer 1

The shepherd offered a lambskin leather jacket? Oh and maybe the farmer was throwing the curse back at God, cause of the go and work in the field condemnation made by God to Adam and Eve. I think the farmer was right to throw the curse back. Remember, the threefold law.

Answer 2

If you were to read the Biblical passage, it becomes rather clear::::



Genesis 4:3-4 And in process of time it came

to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of

the ground an offering unto the Etrnl. 4 And

Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of

his flock and of the fat thereof. And the

Etrnl had respect unto Abel and to his

offering:



Abel brought the firstlings and the fat, which is the best parts, while Cain only brought what was at hand, what was quick and easy. Abel worked for it, Cain was just being lazy. So, of course, Gd chose the delicacies over the commonplace. Why settle for leftovers when you can have gourmet?

Answer 3

Because Cain brought some of his fruits of his labor (not the best), while Abel brought the best of his flock, a first born (meaning the best). Abel knows that God owns everything and his deserves the best, while Cain just brought because that is what your suppose to do. Abel brought his offering out of love and Cain out of duty and habit and not in the right heart.

Answer 4

Abel's sacrifice pointed to the coming Messiah while the offering of Cain's did not.

Answer 5

I think, if you shot this question directly to God he would say " who is Abel and who is Cain?" 'cos He is not the author of the story and he wouldn't do things like that.



people made up the story and it was wrong.As long as Cain gave the best from what he made and so did Abel, God would accept both. He want us to deliver the best from what we made not compared to what others made.



if you say God wanted the shed of blood for sacrifice

may be Cain killed his brother for the same reason.

Answer 6

What tabs wrote is the only semi-convincing answer I've ever heard. Both of them knew how to do proper sacrifices. Abel did what G-d wanted, Cain did what he wanted.

Answer 7

Because the rules were set to signify the sacrifice of Jesus to come. The Lord did it himself at first in front of Adam and Eve and then gave the hides as clothes to them.



Abel kept the sacrifice as instructed however Cain was simply going to sacrifice vegetables without going through the other process. This act was and obvious defiance.

Answer 8

I believe the story is that Cain, the farmer, gave his gift grudgingly. He did it only because he had to. Abel, the shepherd, gave his best and gave it willingly.

Answer 9

The Cain & Abel offerings story sounds like an allegory of today's mainline Christians (relying on cheap grace, ~giving~ an hour of ~their~ time on ~Sunday~ morning, following the traditions of men, the paths of Emperor Constantine & the Popes, et al apostasies) contrasted with the followers of Yeshua (which means "God's Salvation") the Messiah who was 100% Torah-observant; followers who love God & love His Law, not as a means of Salvation because we are saved by the Grace of God, but because it is the "will of God" -- given to us in twain, first written in stone & the Torah, then by example of the Son of God.

Answer 10

God told Adam and Eve how to bring a sacrifice so when it was time for Able and Cain to bring a sacrifice they knew how it was supposed to be done.

Cain chose to do things his way rather then follow God's instructions. His offering was an act of rebellion and that's why God was not pleased with it!

Answer 11

Cain offered that which was the works of his own hands, he toiled the soil, gardened and weeded around it...kinda like people who think they can work their way to heaven.



Plus there was no life's blood in his sacrifice...garden vegetables can be grown again easily, but once the life blood is gone from something, it can't be brought back.



Abel's sacrifice was looking ahead to the time when Jesus Christ would die on the cross to save us from our sins.

Answer 12

because it was a blood sacrifice that was required for the remission of sins.



the farmer (cain) offered the best of his veggies, but he was to trade them for the best of his brothers (abel) flock/herd.



his pride kept him from being able to do/understand that. (i can't say things would have been any different for me, either).



the blood sacrifice was to represent the sacrifice Jesus Christ was to make for an atonement for sins in the future.

Answer 13

Cain didnt give his good crop and Abel brought sheep from his best flock. God Bless!!

Answer 14

God required a blood sacrifice to blot out the stain of sin. Vegatables have no blood.

Answer 15

All I know is my friends named their son Cain..... I have sympathy for the poor kid, everyone will reference this story....call him a murderer, all that jazz...