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Noah (our hero) performs a sacrifice after the flood
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After the flood, Noah performed a sacrifice as a gesture of thanksgiving and dedication to God. In Genesis 8:20, it is described that Noah built an altar and offered burnt offerings of clean animals and birds. This act was not a payment for sin but rather a symbolic expression of contrition, gratitude, and obedience12. God was pleased with the sacrifice and made a covenant with Noah, promising never to destroy the earth by flood again34. This event is often referred to as the Noahic Covenant3.
So it's like.. what the fuck is this.. Yahweh is doing like I don't know.. those gods of the devil worshippers where you gotta sacrifice something for it, right.. like Moloch. lol. But he's doing burnt offerings of clean animals and birds. Hey, that's nice, taking some of those creatures, obviously from the fucking ark and killing them for Yahweh. Never heard of Yahweh being into these sacrifices things like the devil worshippers.
Then why was God not happy when Cain offered some of his animals, and rejected that, which led to Cain murdering his brother?
It think its all about intention.
He supposedly offered imperfect animals, but it's an analogy of how the hunter/gatherer stage of civilization practiced human/animal sacrifice in the past. Wine as blood and bread as flesh of a god is sacrifice-by-proxy as is the sacrifice by God of his son to the literalist who needs such analogy. To understand and raise above the ritual would do away with its need. Some need signs, signals, and commandments (the 99), and some don't. It's nothing to brag on.
So was Cain really just envious of Abel because God accepted his brother's sacrifice and rejected his own, and then killed him out of a jealousy?
Or was it his foolish, ill-conceived attempt to please God with one more worthy that he would accept after being previously rejected, thinking God preferred human sacrifice over animal? 🤔
Interesting possibility. Who knows what Cain was really thinking or if Satan planted the idea in his mind? 🤷♂️
No, he wanted something out of it, that was with good intension.
God knew that, but he had to let free will in honor. He couldnt tell that he knew because that would interfere with free will.
So to Cain know in the most nrutral way he wasnt pleased with the intensions, Able got favored and that pissed Cain of so bad, he actually killed his brother over it.
I think he didnt do it to try best his brother by killing him.
Else he wouldnt have snarled back not being his brothers keeper
Cain and Abel are analogous characters for Agriculture taking over the Hunter-Gathering stage of civilization. This is known in higher circles.