A look at Cain, Abel and Seth in relation to Christ and the Church (PART 1)
Going back to Genesis to look at Cain and Abel and Seth in relation to Christ and the Church:
Cain = the first born
Abel = the second born
Seth = “another seed” appointed by God “instead of Abel”
That which was "first":
Gen 4:2 Cain was a tiller of the ground.
That which is "second":
Gen 4:2 Abel was a keeper of sheep
Cain (that which was first) slew his brother, Abel (that which was second), which can be seen as a figure pertaining to the crucifixion of Christ.
We can see a similar pattern in Ishmael (the first, born according to the flesh) and Isaac (the second, born according to the promise).
Gal 4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now
1Cr 15:46 Howbeit that was **not first** which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and **afterward** that which is spiritual.
1Cr 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Cain slew Abel and God asked Cain:
Gen 4:10 What hast THOU DONE? The ~VOICE OF~ your brothers blood ~CRIETH~ UNTO ME """" from the ground. """"
Abel’s words (the “voice” of his blood) are not recorded in the book, but later (in the NT) we hear Christ CRY OUT from the cross
Mat 27:46 JESUS CRIED with A ~LOUD VOICE~, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, ~My GOD~ MY GOD~ Why hast thou forsaken ME?
I'm seeing this as Jesus fulfilling the words of Abel yet at the same time...
Heb 12:24 And to JESUS **the mediator of** the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that SPEAKETH BETTER THINGS than that of Abel.
How does Jesus speak better things than that of Abel?
Jesus seems to “intercede” ((being THE MEDIATOR between MAN and GOD)) on Cain’s behalf:
When God says TO CAIN
Gen 4:10 WHAT hast **THOU** DONE?
Jesus seems to ‘answer’:
Luke 23:24 Then said Jesus, Father, FORGIVE THEM; for THEY (the natural man) **KNOW NOT WHAT** THEY DO
So while the words of Abel were never recorded in the book they appear to be recorded in the Life of the Lamb, as the FULFILLER of that which was written and as the MEDIATOR of a BETTER COVENANT.
Going back to Genesis to look at Cain and Abel and Seth in relation to Christ and the Church:
Cain = the first born
Abel = the second born
Seth = “another seed” appointed by God “instead of Abel”
That which was "first":
Gen 4:2 Cain was a tiller of the ground.
That which is "second":
Gen 4:2 Abel was a keeper of sheep
Cain (that which was first) slew his brother, Abel (that which was second), which can be seen as a figure pertaining to the crucifixion of Christ.
We can see a similar pattern in Ishmael (the first, born according to the flesh) and Isaac (the second, born according to the promise).
Gal 4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now
1Cr 15:46 Howbeit that was **not first** which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and **afterward** that which is spiritual.
1Cr 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Cain slew Abel and God asked Cain:
Gen 4:10 What hast THOU DONE? The ~VOICE OF~ your brothers blood ~CRIETH~ UNTO ME """" from the ground. """"
Abel’s words (the “voice” of his blood) are not recorded in the book, but later (in the NT) we hear Christ CRY OUT from the cross
Mat 27:46 JESUS CRIED with A ~LOUD VOICE~, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, ~My GOD~ MY GOD~ Why hast thou forsaken ME?
I'm seeing this as Jesus fulfilling the words of Abel yet at the same time...
Heb 12:24 And to JESUS **the mediator of** the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that SPEAKETH BETTER THINGS than that of Abel.
How does Jesus speak better things than that of Abel?
Jesus seems to “intercede” ((being THE MEDIATOR between MAN and GOD)) on Cain’s behalf:
When God says TO CAIN
Gen 4:10 WHAT hast **THOU** DONE?
Jesus seems to ‘answer’:
Luke 23:24 Then said Jesus, Father, FORGIVE THEM; for THEY (the natural man) **KNOW NOT WHAT** THEY DO
So while the words of Abel were never recorded in the book they appear to be recorded in the Life of the Lamb, as the FULFILLER of that which was written and as the MEDIATOR of a BETTER COVENANT.
