Why did God reject Cain's offering?

Question

What did the High Priest do to atone for sins?

What was the 4 great events from Genesis?

Answer 1

The offerings of Cain and Abel were different. Cain showed a proud, unbelieving heart. Therefore he and his offering were rejected. Abel came as a sinner, and according to God's appointment, by his sacrifice expressing humility, sincerity, and believing obedience. Thus, seeking the benefit of the new covenant of mercy, through the promised Seed, his sacrifice had a token that God accepted it. Abel offered in faith, and Cain did not.( Heb 11:4). In all ages there have been two sorts of worshippers, such as Cain and Abel; namely, proud, hardened despisers of the gospel method of salvation, who attempt to please God in ways of their own devising; and humble believers, who draw near to him in the way he has revealed. Cain indulged malignant anger against Abel. He harboured an evil spirit of discontent and rebellion against God and against his brother, eventually killing his brother. God knows the heart condition of all his creation and saw that Cain had a resentful and jealous attitude.

Answer 2

it seems like all your questions came from genesis (except the second question, which i can't really identify) as you may probably expect some religious answer, i will try to answer it on humanistic style, so as not to irritate tha masses.

a sacrificial slab looks like a primitive stone oven with a very big bonfire inside. if they view this scientificaly, cain's offering was not accepted because it did not get burned. meat fats, lamb wool, skin, and meeat is expected to burn, easier than fruits. another reason would be size. Abel offered one lamb, while cain offered his crops. if you brn too many leaves at once, there is a chance that the fire would die in it.

moral lesson in this story: don't be a fool to think God loves Abel more than Cain.

there was still no high priest in genesis, since judaisim was not a religious sect at that time. remember that every people worship god and much of the cultural difference occured during the babylon event.

moral lesson in this story: God is God, don't let fools make you believe theirs is the only God (how can they even be sure of that, except by their faith?).

the 4 great events in genesis would be creation, the first sin, the flood, and the babylon event.the first sin may not be a great event but it is really crucial, since many people are still dumbfounded what is it with eating that fruit that alarmed God.

Moral lesson in this story; when you see a snake, don't talk to it. run away.

Answer 3

God probably rejected Cain's offering since it wasn't the best. It says Abel brought fat portions from the livestock, which were considered the best parts, and Cain brought "some" of the harvest. This implies that he didn't bring the best he had.

The high priest, I think, offered a sacrifice once a year to atone for Israel's sin.

Creation, the Flood, Joseph, and I'm not sure what other event there may have been.

Answer 4

Cain's heart wasn't clean before the Lord.
The High Priest killed a Lamb and sprinkled the blood.
1. Creation 2. The Flood 3.Abraham and the Promise 4.Jacob's family moving to Egypt

Answer 5

Abel, because he became a shepherd, offered up of the fat firstlings of his flock in large love, with a organic heart and a honest ideas. Cain, because he became a husbandman, made an providing of countless the refuse of the outcome of his husbandry with reluctance. He made an providing of ears of wheat that were smitten through blight; yet some say of straw in ordinary words. And the divine fireplace got here down from heaven and ate up the providing of Abel, and it became familiar; even as the providing of Cain became rejected. And Cain became indignant with God, and envied his brother; and he persuaded his brother to go back out into the glaring, and slew him.

Answer 6

The rejection of Cain's offering is, I think, a symbol for the shift from a herding society, nomadic in nature, to that of an agricultural one, with fixed abodes.

Answer 7

Not sure- in THE SIMPSONS, in Flanders' reenactment of the Cain and Able Sitcheeation, Cain's sacrifice sucked balls, whereas Abel's sacrifice was Mmm Mmm Gooood!!!!!!!!

Cain had like sacrificed crap- old carcasses that looked like roadkill, etc.

Able used fresh aminal sacrifices.

Now, if Cain had an ALTER of sacrifice, things might have changed. He he he. : )

Answer 8

God knew what was in Cain's heart and soul.

Answer 9

Cain disobeyed.

Answer 10

The biblegod craves blood and murder -- just look at the acts of genocide he demands of his followers in Exodus.....