by Dr. William Ward Ayer
Where Is Thy Brother?
it has continued in an ever-deepening stream throughout the centuries. We seem to be trembling on the verge of the last great conflict before the King of kings reigns supreme. Atomic power reveals that millions could be destroyed while others are made into crawling, mis-shapen things showing little of the image God placed in mankind at the time of creation. Cain’s voice is heard every day, “I’m not my brother’s keeper.” Communist enslavement sweeps across the globe. God is continually defied. The Western world feebly endeavors to prevent world conquest. Cain wasn’t his brother’s keeper, he was his mur derer. For millenniums of human history the Cain procedure has continued. History reveals that sinful men have always shed blood for a variety of sel fish reasons. Nations have sought to be their brother’s slave masters. With in the lifetime of some of us we have
W hile the L oro ’ s first question to the human race is summarized in the words, “Adam, where art thou?” the second continues to shat ter man’s foolish confidence in him self. It is definitely related to the first, “Cain, where is Abel thy brother?” This question is recorded in Genesis 4. These two were sons of Adam and Eve. Abel was evidently faithful to God in keeping with the sacrifice of a lamb, shedding its blood, as an atone ment for his personal sins. From the very beginning our first parents were taught that innocent blood had to be shed to make a covering for the sinner. “Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” Cain represents so many people today who think they can merit eter nal life through their own cleverness and ability. True faith is an affront- ery to them. No doubt his offering was beautiful to human eyes, com pared with the sight of blood. The Lord, however, had respect to Abel’s offering for he had come by faith. His sacrifice represented the Lord Jesus Christ who was the firstborn of many brethren, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. When God would not accept Cain’s foolish efforts he was angry and jealous of his brother. As a result he killed Abel, thinking he could hide this first mur der. The Lord asked, “Where is Abel thy brother?” Cain claimed he didn’t know but God told him, “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. Now art thou cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength, a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.” This is where human blood began to flow and
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