Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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… And now you are accursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. so I take it that Abel's blood cries out for justice for righteous retribution for a curse on the one who murdered him and Jesus blood Hebrew says speaks a better word not curse but blessing not condemnation but sanctification not justice but divine mercy before getting into the rest of the passage uh it's an important reminder about the repeated line of comparison in the epistle to the hebrews that it's not bad versus good but it's good and then better. Is that right? Good then better. Hebrews is not saying the old was bad, the new is good. Abel's blood speaks a bad word. Jesus' blood speaks a good word. Zion was bad. Sinai was bad Zion is good the line of comparison is good and then better that's the repeated thing Jesus is better Abel's blood speaks a good just reasonable word Abel didn't do anything wrong his blood didn't do anything wrong by crying out for justice and Jesus' blood says something better the old was holy and righteous and good and the new covenant is better even far better mount sinai compared to egypt is good and zion the heavenly city and people is far better so the paradigm of the epistle and of our passage is not bad versus good, but good than better. …
… the voice of your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground so now you are cursed from the earth which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand no longer will yield its strength to you. Or I'm sorry, when you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond, you shall be on the earth. And Cain said to the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear. He complained about his own punishment. Cain was a man who didn't want to take responsibility for his actions. Cain never thought what he did was wrong. When God asked him about his brother, he lied. When God punished him, he complained. See, he thought he could do whatever he wants and be okay. And he wasn't. All the choices he was making in life were taking him further and further away from God. and I'm here to tell you that there's decisions you've made that taking you further and further and further away from God some of you but today my friend is the great u-turn all that can change when you give your life to Christ and I will give you that opportunity in a minute he was a man that listened he failed to listen to a strong warning he said why are you angry the Lord asked why do you why do you look dejected God was warning him says if you don't change, sin's going to grab ahold of you. In other words, God was giving him a warning, …
… Listen, your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you, and you will be a restless wanderer on the earth. I want to preach in installment number three, write down the title. It's called, Where's Your Brother? Where's your brother? My son is taking Duolingo, so he's learning Espanol right now. So in Spanish, ¿Dónde está tu hermano? where is your broski where is your brother where is your hermano and i like this story adam and eve they have the first child, Cain, and they're able to have another, Abel. And it says that Cain, we go straight into birth and then tithes and offerings. And Cain brings a little something to the table and Abel brings from, the Bible wanted you to see this, didn't it? It said, Abel brought from its first fruits. But God's showing us this because remember, God is not interested in being a part of your leftovers. God wants to be the priority of your life. So it's showing us the difference between Cain's offering and Abel's offering. Cain gave what was left over. Abel gave from his best, his first fruits. Write down point number one today. …