why did god reject abel's sacrifice?

Answer 1

Abel's offering was acceptable, but Cain gave his in some unacceptable manner. Cain gave the best of his herd, but Abel gave of his crops. Some have said that perhaps God had told them what He would accept as an offering and Cain didn't follow directions. God told Cain how to correct his mistake, but again, Cain determined to murder his brother instead. It seems that Cain's heart was not right from the start, and God knew it. Here's a passage:

"Then the Lord said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you DO WHAT IS RIGHT, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it'"
(Genesis 4:6-7).

Answer 2

Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam and Eve, "in the course of time" brought offerings to the Lord (Genesis 4:3). Without doubt, they were doing this because God had revealed it to them. Some question, “How were Cain and Abel supposed to know what to sacrifice?” The answer is that God must have instructed them. It is clear that the offering was to be a substitutionary atonement, because we read in Hebrews 11:4, "By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did." When Abel came for worship, it was by faith that he brought his offering, "fat portions from some of the first-born of his flock" (Genesis 4:4). The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, and it was accepted.

His brother Cain brought "some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord" (Genesis 4:3). But on Cain and his offering the Lord did not look with favor. We do not know how He expressed His rejection, but it was evident. In Jude’s epistle, verse 11, we read, "They have taken the way of Cain," referring to lawless men. This may mean that they, like Cain, disobediently devised their own ways of worship; they did not come by faith. Cain’s offering, while acceptable in his own eyes, was not acceptable to the Lord. The result was that Cain became very angry, and later, in the field, he killed his brother Abel (Genesis 4:8).

Answer 3

your question is not correct because GOD accepted Abel's sacrifice and not Cain. so your question should have said why did God reject Abel's sacrifice and my answer would be because it wasn't the best. When you love someone, you want the best for them so you give them the best therefore Cain did not offer the best. I would suggest for you to read Genesis chapter 4.

Answer 4

Cains was rejected, not Abels. I will answer you from the original manuscripts, so you have the
complete information.
Did you ever read the parable of the tares?
Matthew 13:36 - you should read it.
wheat is a symbol of the children of the Kingdom of God. Tares grow up just like wheat, along with wheat - its actually called
"zewan". It looks like the finest wheat, but when you harvest it, you see that its black and poisinous inside. It is not edible at all.

This is what Cain put up as an offering to God. Tares. The symbol of his father (small "f") who was no other than Satan himself. I know its taught in the churches that Adam was Cains father, but thats not what the manuscripts say. They say that Cain was the direct seed (seimen) of Satan.
If you think this is weird, go to Genesis 5:1,
where there is a complete list of the geneology of Adam. You won't find Cain listed there, because Cain simply was not Adams son.
Cain would have been accepted by God, but he gave God an offering that was a clear and blatant insult to God.

Answer 5

When Cain made his sacrifice, it wasn't that he offered produce he had grown or gathered, instead of meat, it was because he saved the * best* produce for *himself*, and offered God the stuff that was old, or wormy, or whatever, in other words, he offered God leftovers. For him to do that was not much of a "sacrifice", and God knew that. If old produce was *all* that Cain had to offer, and his choice was to offer it, or eat it to sustain himself, if he had offered it, God would have understood that he had offered Him the only food he had available, and that the offering came from the heart, and would have accepted the sacrifice, because in that situation, it would have been a sacrifice to Cain to offer the only food he had to sustain himself. I hope I explained clearly and you understand the difference? When something in your life has been "sacrificed" it is because you are foregoing your own needs for others or for the greater good. Cain was jealous that Abel's sacrifice was accepted, not because it was meat, but because Able offered the best he had to God and not leftovers. It was Cain's jealousy that prompted him to murder Abel.
Edit: How did they know if the sacrifice was accepted or not?
When Abel made his sacrifice, the smoke went straight up to the sky, when Cain made his sacrifice, the smoke didn't rise, it went in the direction of the ground instead...

To Jan: I know its taught in the churches that Adam was Cains father, but thats not what the manuscripts say. They say that Cain was the direct seed (seimen) of Satan.
If you think this is weird, go to Genesis 5:1,
where there is a complete list of the geneology of Adam. You won't find Cain listed there, because Cain simply was not Adams son.
If one of my sons murdered the other, I wouldn't want to own up to him being my son, either, it was more likely his behavior that cost him his birthright, and got him stricken from the record, as his name was cursed there after, Adam "disowned" him..
PS; WHY DO PEOPLE WRITE G-D INSTEAD OF "GOD"?
In some religions, it is taboo to speak or write the name of the Creator, even in using such a broad term as "God", so a letter is ommited in order not to write out the name, I think....
Kim: Thank you...

Answer 6

First of all God accepted Abel's sacrifice and rejected Cains.
Cain's sacrifice was not his best which is what God expects for us. That didn't mean that Cain wasn't going to live a good life, but because of jealousy, he killed his brother who gave his very best.

Answer 7

cain slew abel because abel gave God the best of the sacrifice and since God had furnished it to begin with i think the second best wasnt good enough

Answer 8

Aha.... well perhaps Satan found Cain's sacrifice more pleasing.... and Abel's sacrifice displeasing because Abel's sacrifice was to the Lord God, creator of the heavens and the earth, and not to the fallen creature formerly known as Lucifer.

Answer 9

He didn't. He rejected Cain because it wasn't from the heart.

The problem wasn't with the sacrifice, it was that Cain would have just as worthy as Abel if he had asked to be.

Answer 10

As I understood it, Abel did not submit the finest of his sacrifice - it was secondary, had flaws, etc.

PS - God is a word that needs to be capitalized because it is a name of a person, not an object. Thanks =)

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