Why did the Lord have respect for Abel’s offering?
Gen 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Considering that later the Lord has this to say about it:
Isa 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
And the question is just what is the offering for?
Exo 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
So Adam was the first man and was clothed by God via animal skins to cover their shame and nakedness. Abel offered the first of his flock, and afterwards was the first man to experience death of this life in the flesh, which by the way was at the hand of his brother. Of which the Lord made sure we knew He heard the blood of Abel cry out to Him from the ground.
Therefore, who would the Lord God have respect to? And what good is an offering and the covenant associated to if the Lord God have no respect for the one offering? Hence the offering of His Beloved Son He has total respect for, because He loves His Son.
many souls experienced crucifixion at the hand of the Romans in those days but it was who, that mattered to God.
Gen 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Considering that later the Lord has this to say about it:
Isa 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
And the question is just what is the offering for?
Exo 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
So Adam was the first man and was clothed by God via animal skins to cover their shame and nakedness. Abel offered the first of his flock, and afterwards was the first man to experience death of this life in the flesh, which by the way was at the hand of his brother. Of which the Lord made sure we knew He heard the blood of Abel cry out to Him from the ground.
Therefore, who would the Lord God have respect to? And what good is an offering and the covenant associated to if the Lord God have no respect for the one offering? Hence the offering of His Beloved Son He has total respect for, because He loves His Son.
many souls experienced crucifixion at the hand of the Romans in those days but it was who, that mattered to God.
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