Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:00 | and posted in Downward Spiral
Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. Genesis 4:8
This is the first of some horribly violent journeys in Scripture. Cain takes his brother Abel into his field and kills him.
Cain is the first man to cultivate the cursed land* and he offers God an unsolicited offering from this land.** Was he trying to “sweet-talk” his way back into the garden? Could God’s rejection of Cain’s offering be a rejection of religion?***
After all, does not religious activity bring death instead of life?
FOOTNOTES
* See Genesis 3:17-18
** Genesis 4:3
*** Genesis 4:5