Abel

And Adam knew Eve his wife;
 and she conceived, and bare Cain, 
and said, I have gotten a man
 from the LORD.

Eve was mistaken concerning her
 first child. She thought this 
was the child promised by the Lord ,
 but he was not the promised child.
 He is not the seed that should 
bruise the serpent's head. Instead 
of getting the Saviour Eve got
 a murderer. This shows her ignorance
 in which she had fallen into
 because she trusted in Satan for
 knowledge.

And she again bare his brother
 Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
 sheep, but Cain was a tiller of
 the ground. 
Abel was a type of spiritual man.
 He was a shepherd.       
And Abel brought an offing to 
the Lord. According to the Lord's 
instructions Abel  brought of the
 firstlings of his flock and of 
the fat thereof. And the LORD
 had respect unto Abel and to
 his offering:
Abel understood what the Lord's
 requirements for man's salvation.
 Abel had faith in the Lord.
 Abel was conscious of sin .His
 sacrifice of the firstlings of
 his flock was expression of his
 consciousness of man's sin and
 his need for the Lord to 
provide an substitute. Blood 
was shed to express his consciousness
 of sin and his faith in Lord 
for a substitute.
Abel's sacrifice was acceptable 
because he was righteous (1John 3:12).
 Abel's offering was acceptable 
because it was offered in faith 
(Heb11:4).God has ordained such 
sacrifice. It gives a picture of
 the atoning death of Christ. 
And in process of time it came
 to pass, that Cain brought of 
the fruit of the ground an offering
 unto the LORD
But unto Cain and to his offering 
he had not respect. And Cain was 
very wroth, and his countenance fell.
And the LORD said unto Cain, 
Why are you wroth? and why is
 your countenance fallen? 
If you do well, shall you not
 be accepted? and if you do not 
 well, sin lies at the door.
 And unto you shall be its desire,
 and you must rule over it.

This earthy offering had its
 roots in ground. It was from
 the world. It was a sign of 
disobedience to the Lord. Cain
 did his own way. Cain did 
it not according God's instruction.
 Cain did it not according the 
way of the Lord.
Cain was a type of a natural man
 of the world. These people 
attack with insults anything they 
do not understand. And those 
things that they knew by instinct,
 like wild animals, are the very
 thing that destroys them. How 
terrible for them. They have 
followed the way that Cain took
 (Jude 11,12).
Cain's religion was of works. 
It was based on lies. It had 
its roots from the liar , Satan.
 These lies lead to dead end ways 
that are without God.
Abel ate God's Word, and brought 
out offerings according to the 
word of God. And the Lord had 
respect unto Abel and his offering.
 But Cain ate the lies of Satan
 and brought up disobedience to God.

And Cain talked with Abel his
 brother: and it came to pass, 
when they were in the field, 
that Cain rose up against Abel
 his brother, and slew him. 
Cain's religion is a wolf 
in a sheepskin. In disobedience 
to the God Cain refused to recognize
 man's sin. Cain rejected the 
provision of God. It also 
rejected God authority.

And the LORD said unto Cain,
 Where is Abel thy brother? 
And he said, I know not:
 Am I my brother's keeper? 
And He said, What have you done?
 the voice of thy brother's blood
 cries unto me from the ground. 
And now art thou cursed from
 the earth, which had opened 
her mouth to receive your brother's
 blood from thy hand; 

When you till the ground, it shall
 not henceforth yield unto thee 
her strength; a fugitive and a 
vagabond shall thou be in the
 earth.
         
God's way of salvation fills
 man's heart with love.
Man's religion fills his heart 
with hatred. Cain hated his
 brother and slew him.