“And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.”
Genesis 4:10 KJV
Yahweh said, Listen, the voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! What have you done? Blood crying is a symbol of the soul crying out for the right to live, demanding for the punishment of the murderer. Bloodguilt calls for justice, even from the ground, defiling the ground, and staining the conscience. It is as if the face of the earth blushed as it becomes stained by blood. Blood spilled outside the body is always plural. Here Abel’s blood speaks of the descendants that could have lived, their blood too, cries out against Cain. The blood of Abel cries out for vengeance, but the Blood of Christ cries out for mercy and pardon. Therefore the Blood of Christ speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. May we bow before the Blood of Christ, the finished work of the Cross, to receive mercy from any guilt consciousness in our lives. Forgiveness of sins is the greatest freedom mankind has. Worthy is the Lamb!
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