U Postanku 3:4-5, čitamo da je Kajin doneo od ploda žrtvu Gospodu. Njegov brat Abel također je donio žrtvu od prvenaca svog stada i od njegova sala. The Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering, but unto Cain and his offering He had not respect. Zašto je Bog ne poštuje Kainovu ponudu, but did respect Abel’s offering? What was the difference between Cain and Abel and their offerings? Was Cain’s offering not according to the will of God or was it not about the offering, but was there another reason why God didn’t respect Cain’s offering?
Cain was a tiller of the ground
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, i rekao, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground (Genesis 3:23-4:2)
When God removed Adam and Eve from the garden of God, God commanded man to till the ground. Adam was a tiller of the ground. Uradio je ono što mu je Bog naredio.
The first man, who was conceived by a man and a woman, was Cain. Cain was a tiller, Baš kao i Adam, his dad. Cain did what the Lord had commanded man to do. Stoga, it was according to the commandment and the will of God that Cain was a tiller.
What was wrong with Cain’s offering?
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, i lice mu je palo (Genesis 4:3-5)
Zašto je Bog ne poštuje Kainovu ponudu? Could the reason be that the way Cain made the offering was not right or that Cain didn’t offer the right fruits? There is nothing written in the Bible about the manner of sacrifice. There is also nothing written about whether Cain offered the firstlings of his fruits or not.
All we know from the Scriptures is that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
In contrary to Cain’s offering, it is specified in the Bible that Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and the fat thereof.
But saying that Cain didn’t offer the right fruits; the firstlings of his fruits, would only be an assumption.
If Cain would have offered the firstlings of the fruits of the earth, would Cain’s offering be accepted by God?
Or if the offering itself was not right and Cain would have offered from the firstlings of the flock of Abel, would God been pleased with Cain’s offering and would God respected the offering of Cain?
Očigledno nije. Because most likely it was not about Cain’s sacrifice and offering, but about Cain’s life.
Why did God not respect the offering of Cain?
Vjerom je Abel prinio Bogu bolju žrtvu od Kajina, kojim je dobio svjedočanstvo da je bio pravedan, Bog svjedoči o svojim darovima: i time on, budući da je mrtav, ipak govori (Hebrejima 11:4)
The reason why God didn’t respect the offering of Cain was most likely because Cain was unrighteous (opaki, zli) and not righteous like Abel. Through the sacrifice, it became visible in whom God was pleased and in whom God was displeased.
By respecting the offering of Abel, God showed that God was pleased in Abel and his righteous works. The offering that was respected by God, testified that Abel was righteous. And by not respecting the offering of Cain, God showed that God was displeased with Cain and his evil works.
Cain was of the wicked one and didn’t listen to God, but rejected His words and didn’t walk in the will of God. Cain was rebellious and did according to his own will. Because of his wickedness God didn’t respect Cain’s offering (Oh. 1 John 3:12 (Pročitajte također: Ko se još usudi da radi u vinogradu?)).
Žrtva zlih je gadost Gospodu
Žrtva zlih je gadost Gospodu: ali molitva pravednika je njegova naslada. Odvratan je Gospodu put zlih: but He loveth him that followeth after righteousness (Izreke 15:8-9)
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? (Izreke 21:27)
People can sacrifice and give all they want, but if their lives are not according to the will of God, but are wicked and they persevere in sin, then all their sacrifices will be an abomination to the Lord.
Christians can pray beautifully in the presence of others. They can pray according to prayer methods and technics and use all the right words, but if their hearts are not right before the Lord and they won’t listen to God and don’t walk in obedience to His commandments, koje su takođe Isusove zapovesti, and represent His will, then the Lord shall not have pleasure in their prayers, but their prayers shall be an abomination to God (o.a. Izreke 28:9, Isaija 1:11-20; 19:13, Ezekiel 8:15-18, Hosea 6:6-7, Zachariah 7:11-13, Matthew 15:8, John 9:31).
Jesus’ sacrifice pleased God
Wherefore when He cometh into the world, On kaže, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, ali Ti si Mi pripremio tijelo: U prinosima paljenicama i žrtvama za grijehe nisi imao zadovoljstva. Onda sam rekao ja, Lo, dolazim (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) da vršim volju Tvoju, O Bože.
Iznad kada je rekao, Žrtvu i žrtvu i žrtve paljenice i žrtvu za grijeh ne bi htio, ni jedan nije imao zadovoljstvo u tome; koje nudi zakon; Onda je rekao On, Lo, Dolazim da izvršim Tvoju volju, O Bože. On oduzima prvu, da On može uspostaviti drugo. Po kojoj smo volji posvećeni prinošenjem tijela Isusa Krista jednom zauvijek (Hebrejima 10:5-10)
The life of Jesus Christ was a well-pleasing sacrifice before God, because Jesus walked in obedience to His Father’s will.
Because Jesus walked in the will of the Father, Isus je ispunio zakon (Pročitajte također: Da li je čovjek u stanju da ispuni zakon?).
Jesus was obedient to the words of God until the moment came that Jesus was sacrificed as a spotless Lamb for humanity, and Jesus carried the disobedience of man and was made sin on the cross (Pročitajte također: Is the act of offense of Adam’s stronger than the act of righteousness of Jesus? i What does it mean disobedience to God?).
But because of Jesus’ righteous life, God was well pleased with the sacrifice of His Son and God respected the sacrifice of Jesus and His blood, which redeemed fallen man. This became visible through the resurrection from the dead (Oh. John 3:14-21, Rimljanima 5. Efežanima 5:1-2, Hebrejima 9:27-28).
A well-pleasing sacrifice to God
Preklinjem vas stoga, braćo, milošću Božijom, da svoja tijela prinesete na žrtvu živu, svet, prihvatljivo Bogu, što je vaša razumna usluga. I ne bi se u skladu s ovim svijetom: ali budite vi transformisani obnavljanjem vašeg uma, da možete dokazati šta je to dobro, i prihvatljivo, i savršeno, Božja volja (Rimljanima 12:1-2)
Baš kao i Isus, the life of Christians is supposed to be a well-pleasing sacrifice to God. Believers should present their bodies a living sacrifice unto God, svet, prihvatljivo Bogu, so that Jesus Christ will be exalted and the Father will be glorified.
Through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and by His blood, postali ste pravedni i sveti i pripadate Bogu i više ne pripadate đavolu i tami. Zato što ste postali pravedni u Hristu i primili Božju prirodu, hodićete u pravdi po volji Božjoj.
Vaš život je ugodna žrtva Bogu ako hodate po Božjoj volji i držite Njegove zapovijesti (Pročitajte također: Božije zapovesti i Isusove zapovesti i Božije zapovesti naspram đavolskih zapovesti).
Ako čuvate svoje zapovijed, hodat ćeš u ljubavi. Hodati u ljubavi ne znači praviti kompromise sa tamom i tolerisati i odobravati dela tame. Ali hoditi u ljubavi znači poslušnost Bogu i Njegovim zapovestima, tako da živite u Njegovoj volji i da će vaš život biti ugodna žrtva Bogu.
'Budite sol zemlje’
