Week 1 Genesis 4
There are a few cases in the bible where a guy kills his brother but the first one is Cain killing Abel.
About three weeks ago I was reading the book of Hebrews and I jotted down a verse reference since I knew I’d soon be reading about Cain & Abel. It said: it was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. God accepted Abel’s offering to show that he was a righteous man. And although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us because of his faith.
It was a bit of a consolation for me because I don’t ever read about Cain & Abel without have a feeling of how unfair things turned out for Abel. But his faith is still speaking. (By contrast Cain is silent…probably because his faith is non-existent.)
So anyway about two weeks after that I was reading Revelation where the seven seals were broken one-by-one. With the fifth seal John saw: the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their witness. They called to the Lord “O Sovereign Lord…when will you avenge our blood against these people?”
It was a bit of a consolation for me because I got a reminder that no matter how long it takes Cain will eventually be called to account for what he did.
Note: quotes from Hebrews 11:4 & Revelation 6:9-10 (NLT)