Abel and his offering. To understand the spiritual nature of offerings, we must understand the following: before sin entered humanity, people could freely approach God, so there was no need for offerings.

By establishing them, the Most High created a way for humanity to return to Him in perfect worship again.

This is why He gave the Lord Jesus as an Offering, so that through Him we would have access to the Father. Abel’s offering pleased God because he understood the importance of a perfect offering.

Cain’s offering was rejected because it represented an offering giver’s contempt for God There was no desire to approach the Creator with a clean heart, eager to honor Him. This means that an offering reveals the heart of the offering placed on the altar symbolizes the life of the offering giver before God