So, he made the conscious decision to invite Abel to go out to the field and murdered him. Cain let him pride and bitterness intervene with his righteousness. He was unwilling to repent or even recognize that he was wrong in that situation. Heck, Cain was warned by God of the danger of letting his jealousy control him, yet he ignored it. He could have tried to receive acceptance by providing a good offering. Instead of killing his brother, he could have spent that time providing an offering in place of his initial poor offering. Cain, who was a farmer offered God some of his crops and Abel, a shepherd …show more content… He saw red and let it cloud his judgment. That is the conscious choice we have to make in life.īoth Cain and Abel wanted to show reverence to God so they provided an offering from their chosen vocation. It is up to us whether or not to let temptation corrupt our moral compass and hearts or to be stronger than that and live a life of righteousness. In all of us, we have darkness and evil, but we also have good and light.
While Cain embodied darkness and evil, Abel symbolized good and light. Cain and Abel symbolized complete opposite concepts and mentalities. It centralized around the tragic story of two brothers with a different way of life. Show More Chapter 4 of Genesis revolved around the conflict between good and evil.
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