“By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.” (Heb. 11:4)
Cain and Abel both offered something of themselves to God. Cain, being a farmer, offered the first fruits of his harvest while Abel, a shepherd, brought the first of his flock. For some unspecified reason, God accepted Abel’s offering and rejected Cain’s. Over the years many biblical scholars have suggested all sorts of reasons as to why God would do this, but I believe that it had nothing to do with the offering and everything to do with the attitude of the one making the offering. 1st John 3:12 claims that Cain’s sacrifice was not accepted because of his evil deeds. Hebrews 11:4 reasons that Abel’s offering was accepted because he lived righteously. In other words, it seems that God looks at the intention and heart of who is sacrificing first and then what is the sacrificed second, judging the offeror and then the offering.
Fr. John
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