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.