One chapter later, Cain kills Abel, his own brother—a sin that would separate a person from God if there ever was one. But actually, it seems to draw God close. Yahweh shows up and talks with Cain.9 Later, Jacob cheats Esau out of his birthright and deceives his father. Yet he ends up meeting God in the desert.10 In the second book of the Bible, Moses kills a man and flees the city, only later to be met by God in a burning bush.11 The apostle Paul, during his life as Saul, kills Christians, and then is met by Jesus on the road to Damascus.12 God continually approaches us, even at our worst
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