After Cain’s offering was rejected because of his faithless inner state, God said to him, “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 rule over it.” Cain does not believe that God is just. He responds in a fury by murdering his brother. It is as if he is shouting at heaven, “Oh, so my offering is not good enough for you? Try this one on for size!” Abel is an offering of infinite value. Cain is sacrificing the image of God to God. That is
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