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See Gen. 4:
Abel, in the Old Testament, second son of Adam and Eve, who was killed by his older brother, Cain (Genesis 4:1–16). According to Genesis, Abel, a shepherd, offered the Lord the firstborn of his flock. The Lord respected Abel’s sacrifice (which was God’s Gift by reproduction) but did not respect that offered by Cain (which was by the work of his own hands)! In a jealous rage, Cain murdered Abel. Cain then became a fugitive because his brother’s innocent blood put a curse on him.
This offering of Abel, indicated the Offering of Almighty God in His Son Christ Jesus (The Lamb of God); Who was to be the result of the prophecy of Gen. 3:15!
Genesis shows a world of conflicting values, and divine authority backs self-control and brotherhood but punishes jealousy and violence, embodied in the prince of this present world, (Satan, 2Cor. 4:4 & John 14:30). Cain had not mastered sin (Gen. 4:7); he had let it master him. God is on the side of the Human race, and since the overthrow, has initiated a new start in Adam and Eve. In the New Testament the blood of Abel is cited as an example of the result of violated innocence (Matthew 23:35 & Luke 11:51).
Rev. 13:8
And all that dwell upon the Earth shall (a)worship him every one whose name is not written in the (b)Book of the Life of the Lamb slain, from the Foundation of the world.
(b) "Book of the Life of the Lamb slain, from the Foundation of the world". The word "Foundation" in Greek is "Katabole", which means "Overthrow". This seems to have occurred at some stage between Gen. 1:1, and Gen. 1:2, see: The Age of the Earth Controversy: No information is given as to the reason, but is implicit in Almighty God's Plan of Redemption in Christ, as the Lamb's Book of Life started after that event! Much clarity is given by Paul and Peter regarding this juncture point. It is clear from Eph. 1:4, and 1Peter 1:20 that some are "known," before the "Overthrow", some after. Only Christ and His Body as shown in Eph. 1:4 and 1Peter 1:20 are "known" before the Overthrow (Foundation). Those after are the Jew, and other groups, i.e. perhaps Christendom (religious but not of the Body of Christ), Overcomers of Revelation, and all who must eventually stand before the Great White Throne for Judgement. Here those after are referred to. Those before are possibly/ probably, in the opinion of the writers, no longer on Earth as mentioned earlier, (see Chp. 8:1(a), last para.). Some opinions are that The Lamb's Book of Life started before the Overthrow/Foundation, which however is not the writers view, as that does not concur with Scripture's statements, (see ref. Rev. 3:5(c)). What is clear is that The Lamb's Blood is retrospective from the Overthrow/Foundation, and that there are two groupings, those known before and those after.
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