And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.  And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.  And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.  And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:  But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.  And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.  And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand… (Genesis 4:1-11 KJV)

This passage sets forth the pattern of world history until Christ establishes his Kingdom.  From this point on we always see this pattern of the younger son being chosen by God while the older son is not.  Consider, for example, Isaac vs. Ishmael, Jacob vs. Esau, Ephraim vs. Mannaseh, David vs. his older brothers, and Jesus vs. Adam.  This points out God’s decision to “elect” or choose one person over another as well as the continual controversy between false and true religion.  Scripture teaches that only two men exist, the old man and the new man, just as there are only two cities.  The city of the old man is Old Jerusalem which the nations still fight over, while the city of the new man is New Jerusalem, the heavenly city.  But, what is the main lesson of Cain and Abel?

Paul instructed his church saying, “The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,  [25] correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth…” 2 Tim. 2:24-25 (ESV) 

It is sad, but true, that many Christians begin their walk quarreling with everyone about their perception of the truth.  I know that I did this for many years.   I thought I was defending God’s word.   I still run into Christians who seem to get a thrill arguing about “the faith.”  You will certainly see plenty of this if you visit any Christian discussion sites.  I said “Enough!” to this around the year 1999.  I realized that the Lord’s servant must not quarrel. 

It was a couple of years before that, in 1997, that the Lord began to show me that most of the Christian church comprised at least part of Mystery Babylon, so from that point on it has been a process of “coming out of her” for me.  A first step in coming out of Mystery Babylon is to give up quarreling about the truth.  I do not say stop trying to understand the truth, just don’t fight about it!  Speak your mind and go on.  You have nothing to gain by berating and destroying your brother in Christ.  That is of the spirit of Cain, the spirit of Mystery Babylon, in whom is found the blood of all the martyrs of Jesus.  Let us instead be of the spirit of Abel, who “by faith  offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.”  (Hebrews 11:4 KJV)