Bible Study True Meaning of Cain and Abel – Rapture and Tribulation

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True Meaning of Cain and Abel – Rapture and Tribulation

The story of Cain and Abel is about their separate sacrifice to God. Cain sacrificed the grain of his harvest while Abel sacrificed the firstborn of his flock. Cain's sacrifice was based on the harvest which happens in the fall and Abel's sacrifice was the firstborn of his flock which happens in spring.

Notice that God rejects Cain's sacrifice which is his fall harvest and therefore represents Yom Kippur – the Day of Anointment. While God finds favor with Abel's sacrifice which is the firstborn of his flock that happens in the spring and represents the Passover.

It is clear that the story of Cain and Abel is showing that God accepts only the sin offering of his very own son Jesus Christ during the Passover while he rejects the sin offering of Yom Kippur which is based on Mosaic Law.

Believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ who is the one and only true sacrifice for our sins (hint: the sacrifice of Abel) since God rejects our effort to rid ourselves of our own sins through our own works (hint: the sacrifice of Cain) by following the Mosaic Law.

God Bless
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It is interesting that Cain's sacrifice of his harvest and Abel's sacrifice of the firstborn is separated by 6 months. If one considers that the resurrection of Lazarus by Jesus Christ happened when day and night were equal (John 11:9-11), meaning either fall or spring, then we can suppose that the rapture (hint: as representative of the resurrection of Lazarus) will happen either during Yom Kippur or during Passover.

If the rapture signifies the beginning of the seven years of the Tribulation then the first 3 1/2 years of peace during the Tribulation will be broken at either Yom Kippur or the Passover and it will end 3 1/2 years later at either the Passover or Yom Kippur.

So if the rapture occurs during Yom Kippur in the Fall (hint: equal day and night of John 11:9-11) then the peace of the first 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation will end at the Passover in the spring and the final end of the Tribulation will end 3 1/2 years later at Yom Kippur in the fall.

Conversely if the rapture occurs during the Passover in the Spring then the peace of the first 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation will end at Yom Kippur in the Fall and the final end of the Tribulation will end 3 1/2 years later during the Passover in the spring.

John 11:9-11 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 This He said, and after that He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

Amen

 

[JLB]

If the rapture signifies the beginning of the seven years of the Tribulation then the first 3 1/2 years of peace during the Tribulation will be broken at either Yom Kippur or the Passover and it will end 3 1/2 years later at either the Passover or Yom Kippur.

The resurrection/rapture occur at His Coming.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17

Please read these words:

...we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them.

The raptured ones, are caught up together with the resurrected ones, who rise first.

This occurs at His coming.

Do you know what else occurs at His coming?



JLB

 

[Eugene]

the first 3 1/2 years of peace during the Tribulation

Morning Brother ugmug in Jesus' name. You provide some interesting thoughts though I have a question as to you referring to the first half of the tribulation as peaceful; that even sounds like an oxymoron. I'm thinking of Rev 3:10 of John saying because of those of the Philadelphia assembly patiently keeping the word of God, they will be kept fro the temptation to come upon all the world. Thanks.

 

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There is no indication in scripture that lambs were to be slaughtered/sacrificed immediately from the womb, in the spring.

Exodus 12:5
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

The "atonement offering" transpired in the fall for O.T. Israel:

http://www3.telus.net/public/kstam/en/tabernacle/details/day_of_atonement.htm
Cain's offering was not accepted. It was produce from the "ground" which ground was cursed, signifying the condition also of our own flesh/ground/dust with sin indwelling/evil present. On this basis, it was rejected by God:

Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

What was the dictate of God about the produce of the ground?

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Thorns bear direct semblance/similitude to works of the devil:

Isaiah 27
27 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

Paul made a direct link/hit to the messenger of Satan in his own flesh as "a THORN" in 2 Cor. 12:7. Hebrews 6:8 makes similar SIMILITUDE observations, which are all "allegories/similitudes" of spiritual wickedness of Satan and his devils operations in the ground, the FLESH of man.

This is WHY Cain's offering was rejected.

Conversely, there is an entire branch of studies of why/how Abel's offering was accepted, which primarily indicates, as a substitute, the "destruction of the flesh."

It's all about similitudes and what they "really" mean from the Spiritual aspects.

Hosea 12:10
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

 

[JLB]

Cain's offering was not acceptable to the Lord, because Cain was not acceptable to the Lord.

Cain's heart was filled with murder.

Cain was angry without cause.

6 So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” Genesis 4:6-7

Cain's offering had nothing to do with being "from the ground" or not.

It all had to do with the condition of his heart.

21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:21-24


JLB