FILE NO. 3
THE SANCTUARY AND THE PLAN REVEALED: THE TRUE SACRIFICE

THE BIBLE COMPANIONS:
"The sacrificial offerings were ordained by God to be to man a perpetual reminder and a penitential acknowledgment of his sin and a confession of his faith in the promised Redeemer... As he slew the innocent victim, he trembled at the thought that his sin must shed the blood of the spotless Lamb of God." Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 68.

IT IS WRITTEN: (second generation from Adam - first murder)
"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 ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat therof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect. And Cain was very wroth... Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and slew him." Genesis 4: 2-5, 8.

"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." Hebrew 9: 22.

THE BIBLE COMPANIONS:
"Cain and Abel represent two classes that will exist in the world till the close of time. One class avail themselves of the appointed sacrifice for sins; the other venture to depend upon their own merits; theirs is a sacrifice without the virtue of divine mediation, and thus it is not able to bring man into favor with God. It is only through the merits of Jesus that our transgression can be pardoned."
Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 72, 73.

STUDY: BIBLICAL RESEARCH ON THE PLAN OF SALVATION
STUDY: DO YOU KNOW YOUR SPIRITUAL BIRTHRIGHT AND PRIESTHOOD?
STUDY: THE NAMES OF GOD

REFERENCES:
It is written, the Bible, Genesis, chapter 4

Bible Companions, Patriarchs and Prophets, chapters 4 and 5.