The site that I used for my research on Cain and Abel was essortment.com. I found this site very good because it explains exactly what happened in the Cain and Abel story and uses bible verses as a reference to an interpretation of the story.
The brief summary of the Cain and Abel story:
Cain and Abel were sons of Adam and Eve. Cain’s job in life was to basically take care of the earth and Abeles job was to take care of the flocks (a number of animals of one kind).Cain and Abel had to give a sacrifice to God. Cain’s sacrifice was his job (taking care of the earth) and Abel’s sacrifice was the love for his job (taking care of his flocks). God respected Abel’s offering but did not respect Cain's offering to God. Cain became very angry with God and God warned Cain about his pride and anger. Cain did not listen to God and he reacted to his feeling instead by killing his brother Abel. God later asked Cain where was Abel and Cain responed "I don't know am I my brothers keeper?" God, who already knew what happened wanted to test Cain and see if he would tell the truth, and ask for forgiveness.Cain was punished by everything being taken away fron him (his home and job).
I was going to Bible school fro a while back home. And I leant a lot of stories about bible character, and honestly this one was my favorite. Because I was amazed how brothers can be against each other because of some issues. I think that this story not only about family relationhip ,but also I believe that greediness and cruelty were born here. Because this 2 brothers were 3rd and 4th person in this world, so because they parents were holy people, after Cain people start getting angry and cruel and do bad things. I checked the website and I like it too. You can fins so many stories there. Thank you for your blog.Good job
ReplyDeleteThe bible story of Cain and Abel is very near and dear to my heart. To think that one brother would kill another in jealousy is quite unthinkable. It is also important to note that this was the first violence in the bible. Since then the violence in the world has never stopped and has in fact escalated. After checking out the website I can see that it is a good site. It gives us alot of things to think about. Good job on the blog keep up the good work :)
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