April 2, 2023
In The Word
with RD
.....The murder of Able, by Cain, and of those in the recent Christian school shooting in Tennessee, by the transgender
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.(1 John 3:12 KJ) Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
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The recent transgender shooting of human beings in the Christian school is reminiscent of the first murder in the Bible. The transgender murderer, who is currently deep in the earth suffering constant agony, shot and killed children and adults for the very same reason Cain killed Abel.
(Galatians 4:29 KJ) But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Abel approached God by faith in order to be accepted with God. The murderers, Cain and the transgender, did not.
Cain went his own way when he went to God. He offered his own works from the 'cursed' earth. He went his ‘own’ way when he approached God, and not God's way.
(Genesis 4:3 KJ) And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
(Jude 1:11 KJ) Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
The way to approach God is through:
THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE:
JESUS CHRIST
(John 14:6 KJ) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Abel approached the Lord correctly; He approached the Lord through the Lord's righteousness, not his own:
(Hebrews 11:4 KJ) By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Abel was accepted by God, even before His (blood) sacrifice was:
(Genesis 4:4 KJ) 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:
That is, that Abel had approached God by faith had made Him, and thus his sacrifice, acceptable to God.
But Cain's offering was not accepted by God. Note: Cain was a religious man,...just as the transgender who murdered believers in God was. The transgender worshipped god, except the god she worshipped, like Cain, was herself. And by worshipping herself, i.e., believing in her so-called right to assume authority over those things that apply to God only, ultimately demonstrated, that her real god was Satan himself, just as Cain's god was:
(1 John 3:12 KJ) Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
..."who was of that wicked one,"
Why was Cain of that "wicked one" and Abel was not? His brother Abel was a sinner just as he was, just as the transgender still is.
(Romans 3:23 KJ) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Abel approached God by faith; Cain and the transgender did not. Where did Abel get his faith in God from?
(Romans 10:17 KJ) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
The Word of God wasn't written yet when Abel was on the earth. Abel got his understanding that he was to 'approach' God by approacing God with faith, from his parents, just as Cain did. That is, Cain and Able's mama and daddy communicated to Cain and Abel how God 'freely' accepted them, by slaying, undoubtedly, two lambs, and covered Adam and his wife Eve with them. Adam and Eve received their 'accepted by God' covering, by faith.
(Genesis 3:21 KJ) Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
That is, innocent substitutes had their blood shed to cover Adam and Eve..., to cover their naked guilt. Notice very clearly: those fig tree aprons that Adam and Eve sewed, while they hid from God, were 'not' accepted with God. An innocent substitute had to die and have its blood shed, to cover, righteously, Adam and Eve's sin.
(Leviticus 17:11 KJ) For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Cain didn't bring a blood sacrifice. Cain brought his own works unto God.
(1 John 3:12 KJ) Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
See, the very best that man can do before God is a filthy rag in His sight:
(Isaiah 64:6 KJ) But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Just because man knows how to do good works doesn't make him righteous before God:
(Matthew 7:11 KJ) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Cain and Able knew when to bring their sacrifice unto God:
(Genesis 4:3 KJ) And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
..."in process of time"
Cain and Abel knew the 'time' to bring an offering. Cain and Abel knew 'where' to bring it. And they both knew 'what' to bring. Their parents had told them about those "coat(s)" of skin(s) that God made from the innocent lambs that He slew to cover them. Adam and Eve communicated to their sons when and where to bring their offerings unto God:
(Genesis 3:24 KJ) So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
At the east of the garden of Eden was where God dwelt between the Cherubim. That was the place Adam and Eve communicated to their boys, wherein they were to take their offerings to God.
Note clearly:
...to keep the way "of" the tree of life...not the way ‘to’ it.
The ''way'' is Jesus Christ. The Cherubim are guarding God's righteousness, God Himself, dwelling between the Cherubim there. And that's where Cain and Abel brought their offering to God.
....and he placed at the east of the garden Cherubim,"
Where do the Scriptures say that God dwells?
(Exodus 25:21,22 KJ) And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
(22) And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
(Psalms 80:1 KJ) (To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.) Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
(Isaiah 37:16 KJ) O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
What was between those Cherubims (i.e., "living creatures" who reside all around God - Ezek 1, 10; Rev 4)? The "flaming sword" was (Gen 3:24). And what is that? That would be the Word of God:
(Ephesians 6:14, 17 KJ)
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
(17)And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
And 'Who' in (Gen 3:24) is "the way" and the "life", concerning the identity of the tree of life?
(John 14:6 KJ) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
And where do all those fruits of the Spirit come from,...those "fruits of righteousness" Adam and Eve had, at one time, 'free' (Gen 2:16) access to?
(Philippians 1:11 KJ) Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
(Galatians 5:22,23 KJ) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Adam and Eve were eating God's Words, whereby the fruits of the Spirit come from:
(Job 34:3 KJ) For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Did Cain and the transgender break "the law" when they murdered? Yes. Thus those fruits of the Spirit, those fruits of righteousness etc., were not inside them. What, who, was inside them? Satan was...and still is:
(John 10:10 KJ) The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
The transgender killed believers in the Christian school for the same reason Cain killed his brother:
(1 John 3:12 KJ) Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
That is, both Abel and believers in the Christian school were acknowledging, by faith, i.e., God's prescribed 'way' for forgiving sinners, that God is God, that 'only' He is Holy and righteous, and that they have offended God's Holiness and righteousness, and are approaching Him in the way that He says to, by faith in the blood of an 'innocent' substitute, to make them acceptable to God who they had sinned against. And their acknowledging of who God is, i.e., that God is the only God, that He is the only One who is righteous etc., is what the murderers, who believed that they were God, could not let stand.
(Psalms 37:12,14 KJ) The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. (14) The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
…”a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,”
(Hebrews 11:4 KJ) By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
The Lamb is what God slew for Adam and Eve's transgression. The Lamb is what Able slew for his transgressions. And Jesus Christ is the Lamb that was slain for the believers at the Christian school, who are now forever in His, the glorious Lamb's presence.
The 'blood' of Able that Cain slew, and the blood of those slain by the transgender, did not and will never cover the sins of those who murdered them. The only blood sacrifice that covers our sins, and covers them forever, is the blood of Jesus Christ:
(Ephesians 1:7 KJ) In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
In sum:
Abel and those murdered at the Christian school, acknowledged and worshipped God for who He is, the ONLY God. They approached God the Way that He said to. They were 'freely' forgiven because their faith was in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.
(Ephesians 2:8,9 KJ) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
(9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.
...."Not of works" Cain
...."Not of works" transgender
The transgender murderer went to her eternity in hell, just as Cain did. Why? Because she set herself up as God, just as Cain did;..and the punishment for that is eternal damnation. Abel and those murdered at the Christian school were accepted by God. The transgender and Cain were not, which was the reason for the murders in both cases. They hated the Light, because He is God and they are not, which Abel and the believers at the Christian school reflected.
(John 8:12 KJ) Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.