Photo of the soul

The story of Cain and Abel repeats itself everyday inside Christian churches.
Every day, Christians – good or bad – present their offerings.
Most deposit the fruit of their labor before the Altar, while the minority deposits their first fruits along with the fat on the Altar.
Apparently, Cain's offering had more value because it was voluntary. God did not ask for anything. In the process of time, it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD.
It is likely that he attributed the miracle of multiplication to the Lord and wanted to thank Him for it
Offerings given with contempt, offerings given with disdain, offerings given unwillingly, unclean offerings, and all other offerings reflect what is in the heart of the offering giver.
The offering is a colored picture of the heart of the offering giver before God.
If the offering is unclean (wounded), Jesus teaches:
Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5.23-24
Very few people know this.
God did not go into detail about the kind of fruit or its quality, like He did for Abel’s offering. He just rejected it due to the heart of the offering giver.
It was brought before the altar and rotted there, the same way that Cain’s life did.
All this because there was something bad in him:
If you do well, will you not be accepted?
If he had proceeded well, it would have been accepted.
Unlike Cain, Abel, a shepherd, brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat.
Nothing random or given without thought.
He sought and chose from among his enormous flock something that demonstrated faith, love, gratitude and fear.
It was something that reflected his surrender.
He really wanted to please the Lord...
No wonder that, on account of his offering, God testified that he was righteous.
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. Hebrews 11.4