Cain and Abel

I am going to be going through the whole book of Genesis and pointing out all of the parts that point to Jesus. Now, I'm not the greatest at doing this but I will try to do my best by the grace of God. Today we are in chapter 4 of Genesis. Looking at the story of Cain and Abel. This is the first recorded murder in the Bible so we have to take great detail in looking a these two people. The story of Cain and Abel is about two brothers that give an offering to God and God accepts one offering and not the other. So, Cain murders his brother out of rage. But, what we don't see is how this murder spells the Gospel out to us. Both of them go to God and present offerings but, Abel's offering is received by God and Cain's offering is not. It is because Abel brought the first portion of everything as the offering whereas Cain did not. So, Cain becomes mad and kills his brother. The best part of this is that God already knew what Cain planned on doing but still gave him a choice to decide what to do. And so we know that he murders Abel. Abel's blood cried out to God as Jesus' blood cleanses us while crying out on the cross to his father. Abel is just a depiction of how the blood of Christ washes us. We, you and me, are Cain killing Abel and Jesus out of our anger and discontent towards Jesus and each other. Now God in his mercy and love gives GRACE to Cain by allowing him to live as a restless wanderer on the earth. We are restless wanderers on this earth until we meet our savior Jesus Christ. Till next time let the peace of Christ dwell in you richly.