Rebellion

Everything that man touches he destroys, he sees a view of pristine beauty and he wants to improve it by building on it; he sees an institution formed by God and he desires to destroy it, and in so doing he causes confusion and chaos. Man sees breath taking beauty in animals and he desires to kill them, or cage them. Man sees fresh healthy food and he wants to increase his profits by adding chemicals to it, or taking away nutrients from it. Yes, man surely has a deep seated problem called sin.

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Why the First Murder?

What was the motivating factor that drove Cain to violently murder his brother? We are informed from previous verses that the conflict between these two brothers was not merely a disagreement between two, but it was the conflict of Cain with God — Jehovah. Some have considered this to be the first ‘religious’ dispute which led to the first ‘religious’ persecution. Indeed, that is partly true, for on Cain’s part it was about ‘religion’ — man’s religion versus God’s way and God’s Word.

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