By faith Abel offered
The bible says it is by faith that Abel offered a better sacrifice than Cain.
By assurance Abel give a sacrifice
We can put it this way, it was the assurance that caused Abel to offer a better sacrifice than Cain.
What was the assurance?
What was the faith?
We understand from what the Lord said to Cain that he told them both that if they do well they will be accepted (Genesis 4: 6-7). And I believe that God told them that they should give first fruits of what they had.
If God did not tell both to bring first fruit then how can God ask Cain why was he sad. In other words he was not supposed to be sad because he was assured that if he did well he was going to be accepted, so he chose not to do well.
When we read Genesis 4: 4 the bible says Abel brought of the first fruits of his flock and of the fat ones and the bible says the Lord had respect or accepted Abel and his offering.
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Abel knew that God will do what he said, I am sure that Adam told the boys that the ground was fruitful but when God spoke a curse on it it produced thorns as he said.
Abel took the word of God as an assurance and he gave the first fruits. Abel's action of giving is because he believed what God said. Giving first fruits was an act of faith.
God really accepted Abel, he spoke even when he was dead ( Hebrews 11: 4). So Abel was declared righteous by God for believing God's word. The witness that he was righteous before God, he was speaking to God when he was dead and God does not speak to the dead.
According to what Jesus taught there is a gulf between the dead righteous and dead sinners (Luke 16: 19-31). The righteous at that time were not going to heaven but they were taken by angels to a place of comfort. The bible says God is not the God of the dead but of the living (Matthew 22: