Cain doesn't experience God's approval, so he becomes very angry and then downcast, sad, bitter. What is it about the human heart that it needs and longs for the approval of the perceived Authority? It is innate to us. The downcast face suggests Cain wanted God's Approval.
The first is intense anger – but why exactly? Without being overly analytical or speculative, why does Cain get so angry (that he'll eventually kill his brother)? Why not, instead, inquire of God about what he has done wrongly or poorly? The second inner attitude of Cain shows up on his face: downcast. Two significant inner attitudes seem to grip Cain. What is more interesting to me than why God favored one above the other is Cain's Response: No real explanation as to why, but God looked with favor on Abel's gift (firstborn from his flock) but not upon Cain's gift (part of his harvested crop). Two brothers present two different offerings to God. This is a 'peek behind the curtain' of how I sometimes process God's Word. Things haven't gotten any better since then.īelow are the words I wrote in my journal this morning. Violence follows quickly on the heels of Adam and Eve's rebellion in the Garden of Eden, with one son slaying another. This morning, as I read in Genesis 4, I began to muse/meditate on this little story that ends so tragically – with the first recorded murder in the Bible.
I find the story of Cain and Abel to fit this description well. Some Bible stories are short on details, revealing only the limited information God intends us to understand.
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