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NASB | Genesis 4:5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 4:5 but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and he looked annoyed and hostile. |
Subject: God's Regard for Cain's Offering? |
Bible Note: Hi Andy... I wasen't disagreng with you, Brother, just trying to point to the sugnificance and importence of the simbology in the flesh and blood sacrifice; what is known as a "type" of Christ. It all points to Christ of course. The lamb too simbolisese His inosence and the blood of the lamb only covers sin but does not have the power to forgive sin; only the blood of Christ can do this, and it's very importent to not forget this in our exposet of these verses and the importants of there significance in pointing to Christ's inocent flesh, (The Lamb of God) being sacrificed for mans sin. I'm sure too that you are aware of this; Sorry if my allegory, or metaphor was not so clear. My fault I'm sure. John gill has this to say: -- Gen. 4:4-5 "and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offering; as being what he had designed and appointed to be used for sacrifice in future time, and as being a suitable type and emblem of the Messiah, and his sacrifice; and especially as being offered up by faith, in a view to the sacrifice of Christ, which is of a sweet smelling savour to God, and by which sin only is atoned and satisfied for, see Heb 11:4. God looked at his sacrifice with a smiling countenance, took, and expressed delight, well pleasedness, and satisfaction in it; and he first accepted of his person, as considered in Christ his well beloved Son, and then his offering in virtue of his sacrifice: and this respect and acceptance might be signified by some visible sign or token, and particularly by the descent of fire from heaven upon it, as was the token of acceptance in later times, Le 9:24 and Theodotion here renders it, he "fired" it, or "set" it on "fire"; and Jarchi paraphrases it, "fire descended and licked up his offering;'' and Aben Ezra, "and fire descended and reduced the offering of Abel to ashes;'' Ver. 5. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect,.... Not because of the matter of it, as some have thought; but because it was not offered in faith and sincerity, but in a formal and hypocritical manner, without any regard to the Messiah and his sacrifice, and without any view to the glory of God: no notice was taken, no approbation was given of it by the above token, or any other; so that it was manifest to Cain himself, that God did not approve of it, or was well pleased with it, as with his brother's:"-- John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. http://www.freegrace.net/gill/ God bless John |