STEEMCHURCH: ABEL, Son of Adam and Eve

adela.garcia (53)in #steemchurch • 6 years ago (edited)

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Second son of Adam, ex officio pastor. He was righteous (Matthew 23:35) and full of faith (Hebrews 11: 4). Out of envy he was murdered by his brother Cain. Abel typifies the "innocent blood" (Matthew 23:34). Many conjectures have been made about why his offering was accepted by God and not that of Cain.

The idea that most agrees with the set of biblical doctrine is that the sacrifice of a lamb could have been a command of God as a foretaste of the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world," that is, the plan of the Redemption.

An incidental proof of this may be the numerous altars of prehistoric times that are scattered throughout the world.

Paganism distorted the divine purpose, even offering human victims, but the order of the sacrificial sacrifices we found in the Pentateuch, after the departure of Israel from Egypt, could be, as well as the institution of marriage and the Sabbath. , a restitution of an old mandate, rather than an innovation. "You will remember the Sabbath," he says in Exodus. And as for sacrifices, we read that Abraham offered them long before the institution of the Levitical ministry.

Where did the idea come from, but from a tradition that came from the primitive revelation of God in Eden? The letter to the Hebrews (Hebrews 11: 4) says that "by faith Abel offered a better sacrifice." Faith to what? Faith requires knowledge, or, in this case, revelation.

The sacrifice of Abel is proof of a character obedient to God, while Cain's offering is proof of a haughty character, who tried to impose his own cult of homage to the Creator, and did not want to humble himself to depend on his brother, for his offering, despite the probable revelation of God.

In the New Testament Abel is considered a martyr (Matthew 23:35) of his faith (Hebrews 11: 4) and of his righteousness (1 John 3:12).

The first to die of the human race was the first to enter into the glory of God and a pledge of the first fruits that no one can enumerate. "The blood of Abel" cried out righteousness on earth, but the blood of Jesus Christ brought forgiveness and salvation for all who repent (Hebrews 12:24; 1 John 1: 7).