Jordan Peterson's FASCINATING Analysis On The Selfconscious Conditions (Which one are you?) 

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Are you a Biblical scholar? I know you are a psychologist, but have you read the Bible?

Cain means to inquire. King's inquire from Eunuchs, Priests, Prophets, even from formiliar spirits of old, ore the dead. The Tiller formed from dust , to till the ground of the earth. His seed was Cain the tiller of the ground. Abel was the seed of the man put in the garden to dress and keep it, after the rivers were formed. Abel was the keeper of sheep. Now Cain was a gotten man from the LORD, Eve said when Adam new her the first time. Unlike Seth who was apointed as a son by God , to replace the seed of Abel, In the likeness and image of Adam. Genesis 4 and 5. The father upon the children's children till the 3rd and 4th generation who hated the LORD for cursing the ground. That would be the generation between Jarred and Enoch. The offerings were by faith to the first born sons . But the iniguity of the fathers unto the woman who was transgressing against God , caused the children to be of nature to their seed through one woman. Eve the Mother of all living . The LORD respected the offering of Abel , because Abel was the seed of the heavenly kind of man as the second order of created image on earth . The first order was the earthy who became a living soul . The second order would be the heavenly who is the quickening spirit. The first born rights , aswell as the blessings go to the first born as the Chief Ruler of Eden . Not of the other nations . Abel was dead and his voice could still be heard from below , due to understand the offering of blood where life is given to the woman , as she shall bring forth life as a help meet (perpose to help ). Gain braught a offering from the ground wich was not as nature provides it. He should have braught fruit from the trees that the ground provide to the fines their of in trees as part of the vinedresser . The sin that was not forgiven was transgression against the LORD WILLINGLY AMD KNOWINGLY, That is a sin not forgiven. To make it worse, Thy blamed one another and dit not repent before God . This resulted into evil continually in such a manner , their was no ballance between good and evil . Only evil . Genesis 6:5-7 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. That is why it is called the first death of waters and Repentance. Known as Noah's flood. It required the baptism of John with water and repentance, as the prophet of the most high. Now the baptism of Jesus with the Holy Ghost and fire unto the dead , is required for the second death known as the lake of fire and brimstone . Hallo !!!

its not possible Cain killed him because he was literally not the favorite? uhhh

Yes!! This is why he gains so much respect among both religious and non-religious. He teaches life lessons that stem from the Bible, without the Bible. Really let’s those who are religious, be religious and those who are not can still learn without being dragged into something they’re not. Personally am a religious person, and though I try not to push religion on others, as I wouldn’t want them to do to me, I think people like me, and those around me who don’t shRe similar views can learn from Jordan all the same!

The Bible is not an ordinary textual book. You can never understand the Bible except The Holy Spirit opens your heart and mind to understand it. The sacrifice God required was a blood sacrifice of a lamb unblemished. Able brought one , his brother brought fruit and vegetables. God refused Cains, and accepted Ables.

Who doesn't like a good story.

@@poppybow3208 You are right. I find it interesting that even before Cain and Abel, God was showing His way of redemption as soon as Adam and Eve fell. This took place in the Garden, just before they were expelled. God kills an animal and sheds its blood by doing so, in order to clothe them with its skin. This demonstrates the future when His own Sacrifice on the cross covers our sin before the Father and His blood makes atonement for us. Similarly, Abel is a demonstration of redemption, as are numerous occasions in the Bible. Like Abraham, Rahab, Boaz, Joseph. The whole Bible clearly speaks of what is evil and fallen, and what is good. Light and darkness, acceptance and obedience to the most High, or rebellion. The sacrifice that we are expected to make are no longer lambs and bulls etc., our sacrifice is to obey and follow Him - it costs us and our egos everything - like the rich man who wanted to follow Jesus but didn’t want to make the sacrifice of giving up his riches. The sacrifices that pleases God the most is when we offer up our ego and stubbornness and choose to trust Him in all things by investing our trust and faith in Him in all things.

Jesus told pilate people who love truth see truth in my words..Mr Jordenson whos a hyper intelligent creation can blow up a small truth in scripture more than a pastor who's studied for years....God rewards those that seek him

We all have a Cain and Abel in us. Stay strong brother

@@MegaMerdeux so true without Jesus Christ I would have killed to declared enemies of mine without hesitation! I know it and God knows it - one he took from me - the other suffers now ! Do not tell me this is a joke I lived through it - if Jesus Christ would control my arm I would kill my ruthless enemies- so all glory goes to the Lord Jesus Christ !

The Cain story is the beginning of Torah, the law of the Hebrew Israelites. This was the first murder in the Scriptures, the first crime that is codified in Torah (thou shall not commit murder), and so with each story the law increases until there's 10 commandments that are incorporated into the 613 laws of Torah. The story is telling you the laws that will be codified by Moses, laws that became Torah in the Old Covenant age of Israel. The moral laws from Torah remain in the New Covenant age of Christianity.

@@MegaMerdeux Some dwell on the negative part, Cain side, more than the positive one.

To Add another layer. I like spotting the 'Picture Types' in the Old Testament. It suddenly dawned on me that Abel is a Picture Type of the 'Son Of Man' He is the second son as is Jesus the second Adam. Abel's Sacrifice was Perfect as was Christ's Sacrifice. We are like Cain our Sacrifice is imperfect and brings death..... but God still saves us from death, as he did Cain's Life. The other interesting observation I made is that Cain was Marked so that he would not be killed. We are also Marked with the Holy Spirit of God so that we might Live.

Yesterday seems so far away though…

@@K2HunterX An tomorrow?

​@@rules4life337 Tomorrow's blank slate terrifies me. Never know what's going to happen.

@@K2HunterX We can be sure that it will be uncertain.

Yesterday i was in medically induced coma because I was addicted to drugs.

Be honest, how did you handle it? I fear regression into even deeper denial is the more common result.

@@jovandjordjevic2388 I don't think that's possible. Notice how he said "you can't deny". Denial is what puts people there, nothing else can. You have to keep denying the truth, over and over again and lying to yourself. When it happened to me, there was no escape. It was indeed devastating. But because I was forced to face it with no way to lie to myself anymore, I now had the means to break it. And what are you going to do? Face it, realize the truth, be given the means to end it, and then not end it? I find that incredibly unlikely. Unless you're just talking about something small, like being caught in a lie or something. I'm talking about a big self realization that there's no way out of. It happens, and people rarely go back. They want to go forward, so bad was the pain that the realization caused. They generally want nothing else to do with that behavior that brought them such pain. I mean real devastation here, not someone getting their wittle feewings hurt or angry or irritated.

Tough to Grapple with.

@@chrisfrank8413 If you're talking about understanding, yes I'd agree. But if by "grapple" you mean "deal with"... I would have to say that there's no dealing. It devastates you. It has you dead to rights, and it will do with you whatever it will. There is no way to deal, not even in the slightest. All you can ever do is accept it. But if you don't let it destroy you, then years later you will be much more evolved and a lot stronger than you used to be. That seems to be the way it goes. At least from my studying of it.

I have lived a life in the line of Tubal Cain, a mechanic, machinist, metal smith, proud of my "lineage", it's been natural for me almost over sixty years, and this is the first time I fully realized the lineage as it truly falls. I've served as a Marine two decades, and lived away from the Corps twenty five, I've spent much of my life in "good sacrifice", and paid dearly for the not so good. I've never been moved, understood the backstory of Cain and Tuban Cain, any time in my sixty five years of life. I live among farmers, I serve them, and have since leaving the Corps, and now I do understand why, I've finally gotten right, really. Your words really moved me, after watching this. I was saved in 83, because of the preaching of the raising of Lazarus, and the focus on the Centurion, of faith. Jordan is an incredible teacher. Semper Fi

That is because Churches have a bad habit of twisting stories to fit their need and not the actual story behind it. That is why they have a horrid habit of picking parts and pieces of the bible and only give you single lines from a section.

God required blood sacrifice n Cain offered fruits that's why God did not accept his offering... We as people then to want to do wat we plz n not wat God requires n that's a problem...

@@raydavis4562 not true. Who told you this???

@@raydavis4562 You're missing the point HUGE buddy. Rewatch this video 100x.... that should do it.

To be honest his interpretation is not really new and he misses the point of the narrative because he doesn't tie it up properly with the entirety of scripture, the main point is, Abel came to God through the blood, because without the blood there can be no forgiveness of sin, and Cain came to God by presenting the fruit of the ground, the ground that God cursed because of Adam's sin, he came to God trying to atone for his sin with works, and that's why he was rejected.

BRAINWASHING PAYS WELL, PAUL! BOTTOMFEEDERS OWN YOU AND WANT YOUR SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@BevIsrael I'm so sorry for the pain you are experiencing in your family. 💔 I send a prayer for you for God's peace, and healing for your family. We are so blessed to have scripture and JP's wisdom and insight to give us understanding. God Bless you. Shalom, Shalom, my friend.

@@curtiste3235 really appreciate it, thank you 🙏🏼 God bless you more!

LOL

I agree.

@@gsxrkz Your a fool, says the man who communicates via emoji.

@@maximasforrester8689 The only thing the man reveals is his interpretation of Scripture, just like every stripe of the club. Somehow, the individuality is not part of the message. If I reflect upon the divinity of Mary, or twitch for an hour on the floor, my consecration to the club is okay, as long as I say, Pray To Jesus. Peterson may share the gift of our Creator, now....as compared to everything he said before conversion was not worth spit.

God speaks through everything He has created.

Amen! I've been praying for same, that Jordan finds/has found the irresistible grace of the Lord Jesus Christ & takes comfort in His lovingkindness & saving grace. Ephesians 2:8&9.

What a remarkable man, isn't it? Honored to live these years along him.

He's just a religious zealot, obsessed with fairy tales. Nothing more

@@louc6635 Stirring the pot I see. He’s not religious at all. Far from it. He’s just well practiced in the art of intellect. Something you wouldn’t understand Lucy.

@@louc6635 His passion is obviously from an earlier stage in his spiritual journey. it is attractive only to those on the same journey to know God. I'm sad that you seem so melancholic and unhappy. I hope you find peace in coming to know the Living God as Jordan seems to have found. Which One Are YOU?

Wouldn't have mattered. Either way, we will suffer. Humans are just not satisfied with their choices not matter what. God showed me the truth. We all have regrets. All choices of pros and cons or cost and benefits.

Only you and God know the answer

Wow. That is great reflection and loss of ego on your part. Good luck

Me too..

stuck in a cycle of consumption....one dopamine fix to the other such a disgusting miserable existence.

@messenger ministries what next type of crack are you on?

We all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. Jesus is our Abel and we are the Cain. But what we do next is exactly what determines our future: We can either worship Jesus for going all the way to making the most precious sacrifice to God any human being can make: On top of His time and money and a good standard of life and safety and security and popularity, He sacrificed even His own rights and His own dignity, and to top it all off, His own life. For this act of Righteousness, men scorned Him non stop for 3 hours straight, but like a Lamb led to the slaughter, He did not open His mouth. But then came the really tough part for Jesus: God forsook Him for another 3 gruelling hours, because at that very moment, Jesus took onto His shoulders all of our sins. So all the sins of humanity was literally focused on this One man, Jesus. But eventually, this was over. Our sins, which seem so innumerable, so unforgivable, like mountains and mountains of debt we could never pay off, Jesus the embodiment of the Infinite God, Love incarnate, made it obvious that even the debts of all humanity to God and to each other was finite and can and has been paid off in full by One Man. If You choose to look upon this Man as your Friend, as your Saviour..... Well, you're blessed and saved. But if you choose to hate Him because He's more righteous than you or I or anyone else, or even all the rest of us added together can be, and wish He never existed, it becomes impossible for you to profit from His sacrifice. In a funny sort of way, the Free Will God gave to us as our irrevocable Gift, can be our greatest blessing if we choose Jesus, or our greatest curse, if we choose to refuse Jesus. Our own eternities are in our own hands. One choice determines it all. Isn't that a terrifying responsibility?

@@zhouwu after almost 80 years of my own soul searching, in and out of different interpretations of different churches, i think i have finally found a sense of the meaning for my life. My Fathers agnostic outlook, my own experiences of God revealing His whisper into my heart has led me into a place that few find. The humble sacrifice of Praise and being Thankful, coupled with a willingness to do good unto others, with no expectations of return. It has so favored me with a life that tho I have struggled, suffered, gone thru great sorrow, cancer, horrific accidents that should have killed me...i live a life of Amazing Grace. And find that being Aware of Gods Love for me, being Thankful, that my offerings of Praise in the telling of those Stories to strangers, to help them discover THE WAY, IS SIMPLE, THE WALK IN CHRISTS FOOT STEPS MADE ONLY DIFFICULT BY OUR OWN SELFISHNESS , THINKING ITS ABOUT US... ITS ABOUT OUR WILLINGNESS, AND my choice...and my constant amazement at how even before I ask, answered, needs met, healings, strength, supplied... YOUR UNDERSTANDING, RESONATES WITH MY OWN, and in agreement with J.P., Gods Word is like a maze, to follow the stories doesnt lead to dead Ends, but to new lessons , we must, be willing to change, our inner ugly self, to be Thankful in all things is to realize all of Mankind is Blessed, freewill the Gift. Struggle the test, but to keep trying brings victory. Selfpity, feelings of resentment, victumhood, unappreciated and continued feelings of unworthyness is Cains Mark and so hatred grips us. Always, God has Loved Us, it is our demands for instant answers, for not understanding that God's ways are not ours, but still we will Deny that God is.... wide is the way, many called, narrow the Path..few find it...

@@arleenwatson2076 Thank you. Your words remind me of so many verses. Including one in Isaiah 55 about God's Ways being higher than our ways and God's Thoughts being higher than our thoughts. And how Jesus says He Is the Way, the Reality and the Life to the Father. And how in Hebrews, Paul writes that through crucifixion, Christ Jesus cut open a fresh, new, living way through His own flesh cut asunder through His sufferings on behalf of our sins. And, of course, Elijah getting stumbled, because God didn't seem to be there for him after he performed this massive miracle/sign/experiment where he literally kept everything exactly the same except for the God called upon. And the fake god did nothing. But even though he sabotaged his own side of the experiment by pouring water over all the stuff he promised would catch on fire, just by calling upon the Name of the Real God, it did get completely consumed by God, because it was a bonafide Burnt Offering, and that's literally how you're supposed to do it. But then, Jezebel said that she was going to get him and kill him and do to him what he did to her prophets of Baal and Asherah, and he totally freaked out and ran away as fast as he could to the mountains of God. And after God miraculously fed him twice, God showed him that He was not in the big, noisy objective miracles of fires and great wind and earthquakes, but rather, in the very subjective personal experiences of His still very quiet voice that nobody else can hear and people might make fun of you for telling them that you're hearing voices, because people are mean. And people are mean, because mean people were mean to them first. And those people are mean, because ultimately, Satan played a really mean trick on Adam's wife and duped her into luring her husband into it. And then, Adam and his wife learnt how to be mean to each other, and their children learnt how to be mean to each other, and now, all humanity is very good at being mean to each other. Satan is like a teacher of everything we're not supposed to do and all humanity is his diligent pupils from day 1. I think Jesus was the first person to always say no to Satan and to always say yes to God. Nobody else quite managed to do what Jesus did. And even though it got Him crucified in the end, He was raised up from the dead, because there was no sin in Him, so death had no dirt to hold Him by. And somehow, Jesus is taking us with Him, just because we latched onto His Name. He's flying us away upon His wings like a Golden Eagle 🦅, far above the maddening crowd, to where there is sweet music playing only for us!

@@zhouwu amazing!!! Praise God!!!

It reminds me of "hard workers" who can barely show up to work on time and pride themselves on how little work they actually do.

Same here!

those are some lucky people. i could only dream.

We definitely need help! Our eternal God has helped us by putting him here for such a time as this! Thank you Jesus!

Same

Right on!

Amen. Please find a supportive church "body" where the love of Jesus is alive and well. No one would be alone in their journey in life. it is too difficult to be alone. God even said so. IN a worthy church (evangelical in nature) you will be welcomed and loved. As you hear the Word of God taught, you will find comfort, assurance, and fellowship. Their love is food which will nourish your soul.

Bless you. ✝️

@@GHogGirl I wholeheartedly agree. Coming to completely except Jesus as my lord and saviour I was walking alone. I now go as often as I can to a seventh day adventist fellowship and the love I feel there knowing how much they love the Father,son,spirit is so powerful and their support in my walk is such a blessing.

How Wonderful! GLORY TO GOD!

Why would you want to be abel? He died and cain lived a decent life....

Go to his RU-vid page and you'll find 13 lectures over 2 hrs each. They the biblical lectures you are looking for.

I guess that would be okay, but think again. God did punish Cain.

@@wdcurry111 The punishment was light compared to what he did to Abel...

Actually he interprets it in his own way of thinking. Only in Shincheonji you can find the true explanation according to God and Jesus

I believe Jeff Cavins has done that, and a very good job at that

Clean your Room isn't a good metaphor for Jordan Peterson. That dude, despite his *SCATHING CONTEMPT* for addicts, fled to Russia to get a medically induced Coma when *HE* became an addict. Peterson is... Hypocritical, sloppy, and excessively eloquent, so a lot of times his utter BS slides right past any sane inspection.

I love this comment and unfortunately I have had a similar experience with my family so I relate. I’m so grateful for dr Peterson’s work especially his emphasis on self responsibility.

@@GoodAvatar you comment is a great example of Cain thinking. I pray that whatever situation has brought you this bitterness is dealt with.

@Péter Magas I would like to point out it’s totally acceptable for me to reflect on the character of the commenter. I’m not interested in debating him so why I have no reason to look at the truth value of his statement. Subjectivity is how humans experience the world. I think we fool ourselves into thinking that objective and rational thinking is a superior way to approach the world when really it’s a useful tool in some contexts and not in other.

@Péter Magas I think it can be both! I genuinely do feel a little worry for him and want to pray for him because I have been in that place. I know I am making assumptions at this point but I remember and still experience times when I lash out and attempt to minimize another’s ideas because of insecurity or uncertainty. It feels awful! But I also do feel a desire to defend JP because he has had a positive impact on my life.

Thank you for being here and for commenting! :) Listen to it twice at least, and you'll understand even more. I can tell you from my own experience :))

If you liked this you’d love his series free on RU-vid “The Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories”

I had never understood the part of genesis hi talked about. It takes the wisdom and the intelligence of this great man to get what is going on in this part of the bible.

Boy you hit on the painful truth of existence. Was hard to listen and NOT see Cain in myself, or myself in Cain.

@@alexmanners1540 I personally think it's because he's a psychologist, and has seen a lot of patients go through this exact pattern. And, of course, secular literature can only go so far with regards to diagnosis and treatment. And being a bit of a Jungian, he would have dug into every mythological tradition, including, well, the Christian one. And found out how well it worked. I mean, being a psychologist is a hard job. I haven't done it myself, but it'll just be a whole bunch of people telling you all their problems, and it'll be you're job to try to help them. And some of them are going to be suicidal, some of them are going to be abusive, some of them are going to be abused. I'm really glad he found the Bible and tapped into it. In this way, he can communicate with God and unload all his problems to God. And God can take care of him and his patients and his students. Yeah, I think God enlarges our capacity by listening to us and by answering our prayers according to our needs, not necessarily according to our wants. In any case, God is good and living. And after many years of tapping into the Bible, Jordan Peterson has become a brother. Thank You Lord Jesus Christ for saving this man so that he can taste and see that You Are Good!

Indeed, my neurons were twitching at every direction in order for me to fully understand the flow of this analysis.

@@westhessalonians, that's a really great observation! From all his lectures, the flow he has here is absolutely mind-blowing. Many can't even READ with such a passion, but he articulates everything from the bottom of his heart.

@@PursuitofMeaning Exactly! To even think that he wasn't a self professing Christian when he did that study. He approached the scripture in an intellectual perspective and came with this scripture analysis that is so deep... he studied it, even correlating 4 different translations in order that he may grasp the story, most Christians don't even have this passion to dig deeper into God's word, by which, in the most sense what a person who claims to love the Lord must do... Another thing is that, Dr. Peterson is just so gifted with intellect. 🔥🙏

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Accountability. So rare.

I think, he is is blessed with the holy spirit! Holy spirit gives wisdom, understanding the world and telling the truth to those who deserve it and then spread it out!

Yea he’s not freeing your thought he’s lying. Or telling half truths which is THE BEST form of lying. Cain did not immediately admit he killed Abel. He first HID THE BODY an affront to God as if he didn’t already know, and then LIED to God when asked about Abel. He did not immediately confess. Lie number 1. Cain WAS PUNISHED. He was CURSED with the inability to work the lands to make sustenance for himself. He was also punished with eating from his dead brothers body as the only sustenance he could gain so he could face the reality of his sin. He was PUNISHED with an eternal but never fulfilling life. Read the Bible yourself please do not let this man twist Gods work to suit his selfish narrative like Cain did.

@@verenamenzel8958read my comment above he is 100% not the Holy Spirit please do not misinterpret his actions of those of a Holy man.

The damnation to eternal but unfulfilling life checks out even in a equivalency check because you’ve taken life now you’re stuck with yours that you hated so much. This man does NOT study spirituality or The Bible!

Yeah, well, tell me about unmarking the beast...

The big downfall of man, that is in The Garden is the man and woman changing sides. Adhering to the advice and friendship of the Serpent instead of the Parent. The parent wants you safe and to grow into a person who knows WHO YOU ARE. The Serpent asks them "What do you Want?" Is there anything you are denied? Nothing but that fruit right there. Oh Why have you been denied that? Father says it'll kill us. It won't kill you. (Implying Father lies) enjoy it...it is your right....nothing should be denied you....EAT. Well is this not like a good teen that grows up in a harmonious home, but then takes the exciting council of a hood down the street. A hood that says steal the car and your mom's purse to buy drugs. Feels good doesn't it. However you have now cast yourself from the harmonious and comfortable home into a life of thuggery and struggle to end up in a series of prisons and confrontations.

Question for you: what is the difference between error and mistake?

@@jhale2112 Very interesting question. Hadn't thought about that. Just at this moment I think it might be that an 'error' is more thought out , deliberate but with something missed or not taken into consideration. A mistake seems to be much less consciously thought about, almost accidental. However it is midnight, it's been a long day and I'm sure you can find huge gaps in my thinking. Maybe there really is no difference!?

@@jhale2112 none

Yes, and he has become a powerful Witness to the world!

For God!

Blessings!

Sometimes you are the only Bible people will ever read

😇 May God Bless You Always! 😇

Blessings!

maybe the wisdom came from the drugs. Or maybe from the coma in Russia?

Randell Schneider Another Christian false prophet claiming to know God's will and workings.

@@ReverendDr.Thomas Which of your three?

Indeed. I've just posted relating to this. Maybe our species IS Cain.

@@JustCapital101 Well not everyone is the same, that is darn sure. But being of the same race, we have his potential for evil. And every single person must wrestle with their own potential.

@@lovesandservesjesuschrist6752 Doesn't Christianity teach that we are all sinners? The division in our consciousness means that everything we all do is ultimately destructive.

@@JustCapital101 no, that was a doctrine added in the 1600s. And 'christianity' is too broad honestly. You haven't been explained how this mess all came about. And it is a bloody mess.

Aha but you are honest about it - without my protestant mother I would be a gangster in Naples , a pig , a scumbag , a piece of shit but she planted the faith in me - I confirmed it , paid for it and now I know what Jesus Christ really did ! If he can restrain a guy like me you want to tell he can't shape you, my neighbor & my enemy ? Gimmie a break!

Yes - this concept becomes clearer in Leviticus where it states that without the shedding of the blood, there is no remission of sin. Cain and Abel's story is a symbolism of the righteous man (Abel) being made righteous because of the blood of the lamb (alluding to Jesus Christ paying for the penalty of our sins as the sacrificial lamb that was slain), whereas Cain was trying to earn righteousness by his works, which no one can attain.

@@leadlefthand That's an amazing analogy, thank you! There's also though the fact that Abel offered his best and his first, whereas Cain offered what was left and soon to be discarded. I'm screencapturing your comment so that I can read it from times to times, it's amazing how the study of the Bible and Its allegories NEVER END. It is truthfully the divine work of an all-knowing True God.

@@fernandaabreu5625 - You're welcome. Yes, the Bible keeps on giving the more you read it, so there's really never a point where anyone can say they've read the Bible enough. Every new reading will always be rewarding, and things that seemed puzzling at first makes sense the second, third or fourth time you get back to it. In the case of Cain and Abel, the story reinforces the symbolism used in the Bible where the animal sacrifice symbolises grace, where as plants (the fruit of one's labor) symbolises works. Hence in Genesis chapter 3, when Adam and Eve made aprons from figs and leaves to cover their nakedness, it wasn't acceptable to God and instead, God slew an animal and covered them up with animal skin. That was the first time a sacrifice was made alluding to the sacrifice of Christ on the cross whose blood covers our sins/shame (spiritual nakedness): "11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed." - Romans 10:11 Deuteronomy also has this same symbolism: "Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together." Deuteronomy 22:11 The wool is clothing made from animal skin (shedding of blood). The linen is clothing made from plants (fruit of one's labor). And back in the Old Testament, it wasn't allowed to wear/make clothing that mixes these fabrics, which is a symbol for not mixing works with grace. On the surface level, this particular law of not mixing fabrics doesn't make sense at all. But once it's viewed in its context, it makes perfect sense. But these connections won't immediately be seen in the first reading, which is why it really pays to read Scripture over and over. And all these connections are made with just the one topic of grace. The moment you start looking into the other themes in the Bible, then it becomes clear just how deep the Bible can go. And it's amazing to see just how tightly nit all the books are in expounding on all these themes despite being written by numerous authors spread across more than 3000 years. "19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." - 2 Peter 1:19-21

@@leadlefthand Dude! KEEP THEM COMING! Wow! Do you have a blog or something of the sort, where you share these enlightening readings on the Bible? I'd absolutely follow you!

@@leadlefthand Thank you for this clarification. Abel knew what sacrifice would be acceptable because GOD performed the first sacrifice to show Adam and Eve how they could atone for their sin, in the beginning of the Bible, in the book of Genesis. I also find it remarkable how the blood of the lamb or goat, ox or bull would cover and blot out the sins of the Hebrews - the people God chose to bring his message of love and forgiveness through atonement by his "only begotten Son, Jesus," to the entire world. This is a wonderful example of foreshadowing, which shows how the Bible is indeed a Holy, transcendant & Divinely inspired book for all the ages, and is a coherent work that validates itself through it's 66 books, it is a consistent message. As the Bible says, "His Word will never fade away." They are good for all eternity, & truthful & Holy Spirit inspired. The Bible was a gift to us for the sole purpose to record how God revealed how we can know a personal God who loves us, His Creation, and if read or spoken aloud, "will draw all men (and women) unto Me." The parallel you pointed out - ultimately described Jesus' death on the Cross for the Redemption of all people who believe Jesus was God, as He said he was.

Thank you for sharing this.

And 2500 years later Jesus was born from a maiden.

This is powerful

This is a nice comparison between Abel-Jesus Christ and Cain-Humans.. But theres a twist since, we have been given d privillage to become Jesus Christ children as long as we believe and received Him, and with that avoid the final retribution that is prepared for humanities sins.

@@OrlanLupogan exactly! Great point! We get to be new creations and by His Spirit live in right relationship with God!

Also in relationship as well, generally speaking; Giving the best of you and your gift will keep the relationship strong, but failed to do so, relationship will fall apart or unhealthy relationship which making yourself look bad

Good and bad are RELATIVE. 😉

Being entirely committed and conscientious at work will see you destroyed by the other workers, I can testify. People cannot compete with a man who makes it his daily life decision to love his job. It is not merely satisfactory for people to have a shit life attitude, they want to destroy anyone who doesn't. At 43 years I truly cannot bear to be around people anymore.

YHWH bless you and guard you; YHWH make His face shine upon you, and show favor to you; YHWH lift up His face upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26

I pray that God give you the courage to do the right thing and the strength to carry it out..amen

Proletarius87@ I’m praying for you, please pray the same for me.

@@laurakertz3265 I've never learned to pray, so sorry. But I believe that I've found a God, and it's such overwhelming feeling, as strong as I feel that you find whatever you seek. Have faith, or if you didn't find it already, have confidence. Believe in people around you, because you cannot really believe in God, if you cannot believe in people. Believe.. and smile :) God bless you.

Your prayers were listened. Thank you all, from all my heart :)

I've always been under the same impression. If you think about it, the Church has had for literal centuries the most brilliant men talking about the Revelations in the most amazing of ways, such as Saint Augustine, Saint Tomas Aquinas, Saint Albertus Magnus, Saint Geronimus and many many others, but for the last few centuries these spectacular spirits have just been outcasted from the Church. I can only conclude it's the work of the devil to truly stray us from our Father above and His unfathomed Love, His profound, beautiful mysteries. The only thing I hear about at Church is helping the poor, poverty, community work, volunteering. There is NOTHING about Salvation anymore, there is NOTHING about the harsh words spoken by John Baptist, there is NOTHING about evangelizing or santification. I find it ridiculous. I was an atheist for 14 years, always carried on with volunteering and donating, the importance of donating is nothing new for any of us and no one needs Church to be human: we need the Church to BE SAVED BY CHRIST. And for decades the clergy has simply neglected that immensely, vitally important role before humankind. Pathetic. Now I go after these geniuses on my own and more often than not even older people at Church have no idea what I'm talking about should I mention the Church Doctors' reflections. What a failure.

Being forced into the world at large was a huge penalty, but then founding what Christian tradition considers the first city might just have been his second sin. Seeing it admittedly requires a bit of reading between the lines, but Cain seems to have walked a darker path and must surely have made a lifetime of mistakes because of gravitic burden of his curse.

because Cain can only process what was said to him through the lens of victim hood, he was told that he is actually in control of the outcomes of his life and instead of embracing the knowledge that he can have control of his circumstances he rejects it because he doesn't want the responsibility of acknowledging that he was in part responsible for the negative things and circumstances he had manifested.

@@hermansnodgrass2652 Maybe - but the Bible also says the law of God is written on our hearts. And in Romans it says "Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it." Cain knew that what he had done was wrong. If not, why did he just not say what he had done - "I killed him - so what?"

That must have been such a memorable experience. Awesome! Have a great day bud.

James Starret. Man, that must’ve been quite a sight. It must’ve been fun to play in something like that. What theatre was it?

@@abrahemsamander3967 It was over 25 years, but I think it was in a small arena style theater in the basement of Barbican Center in London.

You're brilliant!

Amen 🙏

Feston Achinda What would you know about that, polytheist? The absolute arrogance and blasphemy of these Christians constantly claiming to know about God's will and spirit.

I will leave a comment here. But not looking to confront you or anything. But the Bible is written in a way that even a child can understand it. And as he said he looked for different interpretations. Etc. He hasn’t said anything that is not plain to see. Is just that we humans read and don’t understand because we have forgotten what is is comprehensive reading. He is enough of an empath to be able to understand the emotional situation goin on with many Bible characters. I truly love that book.

Its at best a bronze age comic book.

@@tjpm I completely agree. My stating that wasn’t for me, but for the ones that don’t understand and refuse to make the correlation between the Bible(life) and their life without it. I appreciate how he explains it in a way that everyone can understand and hopefully listen. I appreciate your comment.

@@JayMill24 Likewise 🌷

I love him too for how good he is in doing this.

Amen!

He illustrates God's message in a way that's never been done before. Truly remarkable

@@smokingcrab2290 Indeed. His lecture series on Genesis is the best exegesis I have ever encountered. Have a degree in it. And the best preaching I would say, even though he isn't a clergy. I have been a member of four denominations.

Whoever seeks for truth will indeed find it. And when you know the truth, the Truth will set you free.

@@martinholmberg6872 Are you in Europe?