The thing I like best about the story of Cain and able is that the active participants in man's foray into committing the sin of murder is that women are NOT a part of the picture. Seems that the murderous blood lust inflicted on the human species came from MAN.
The only thing Eve does is give birth to Cain her firstborn and then Abel. This whole disaster starts over a sacrifice that the brothers gave to God. I'm not sure when man got the idea that God would like a sacrifice but apparently he did. In fact her preferred the sacrifice that Abel made, "and the Lord looked with favour of Abel and his offering."4:5.
Cain on the other hand brought fruits and vegetables from his field. This is the first time after the fall that man becomes a meat eater and with that blood lust follows.
Again another argument for the Vegan crowd.
By favouring one brother over the other the stage is set. Will man sin? Will he resist? It seems that not even God knows the answer but he gives man the free-will to find out with dire consequences.
In a fit of jealousy Cain kills Abel... Which probably inspired God to write the sixth commandment " You shall not murder"Deuteronomy 5:17.
But don't forget the commandments were not revealed to man yet so Cain was acting out his bottom nature which in this case was to kill.
The important idea here is that Cain choose to kill. God has come to a point in his relationship with man that he has allowed for free will to exist. So we can't wine anymore about why did God make this happen, why didn't God stop that because man is exercising his right to act on his own.
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