For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. " Adam was simply an imperfect shadow of a coming perfect, human ruler. Moses is also a type of Christ. The innocence of his victim, if Cain had any conscience, must have increased his uneasiness, for he would recollect how inoffensively he had kept those sheep of his, and had been like one among them, so lamblike, that shepherd man himself, a true sheep of God's pasture. Was abel a type of christ mary. Noah's ark was a type of Christ, in that people who identify with him will likewise be saved. In the Mosaic Law, the Lord set aside six cities of refuge for people to run to when they had committed murder, whether on accident or on purpose. "But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. And Abel knows salvation in Christ.
When the high priest entered, he placed drops of blood from a sacrificed lamb on the mercy seat. Jonah also was a type of Christ. Cain killed the innocent Abel. God would see this blood and spare the high priest, allowing him to have access to God.
And like Abel and Christ we are called upon to suffer for His sake, - "For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake;" and II Timothy 3:12 - "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Again, though never clearly pointed to in Scripture as a type of Christ, Joseph's story, in many ways, mirrors that of Jesus. You asked the Lord your God: "Please do not make us hear the voice of the Lord our God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die. " Let it be remembered, however, that it speaks those better things with the same force. Then, moreover, the voice would plead, "It is not only thy Son, but thy perfectly innocent Son, in whom was no necessity for dying, because he had no original sin which would have brought corruption on him, who had moreover no actual sin, who throughout life had done nothing worthy of death or of bonds. What does abel mean in the bible. I trust you know, I know many of you do, the sweet power of this peace-speaking blood. In this position, he not only becomes a forerunner of many great people on the shepherd-list, but, as "the first shepherd... is a type of Christ" (Ada Habershon). Joseph was exalted to prince in Egypt. Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. "Am I my brother's keeper? " Whatever thou hast done, however black and filthy thy sin may have been, the voice of my Son's blood crieth unto me from the ground, and now from this day forth I have taken off the curse from the earth for his sake, neither will I curse it any more.
He controls events in such a way that they testify of him and bring glory to him. Standing by the spot where Abel fell, and marking the ground all crimson with clotted gore, what would the blood seem to you to say? How could he be quiet upon his lonely couch? According to Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionary, the name Abel was translated from the Hebrew word 'Hebel' which means 'breath'. Christ as the Blood of Abel in Genesis. I want redemption and I want mercy. The sight of blood makes some of us shudder; the sight of blood shed from an innocent person— shed by the hand of violence — would make our very souls chill within us; but the thought of that blood being shed with a motive so marvellous, because of a disinterested affection towards undeserving criminals— this would move us indeed; and do you dream that it did not move the heart of God?
Thus, when Abel brought his sacrifice, "The LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering" (Gen. 4:4). He didn't get his way, and something would have to be done! We also know the animal was slain, or else they could not get the fat. I find this interesting; as if there was any other Abel in town. Little did they know that up to heaven the cry of Jerusalem had already gone, "His blood be on us, and on our children, " was registered in the tablets of justice, and ere long Jerusalem became the treasure house of woe and a den of misery, so that the like to her destruction hath not been, neither ever shall be, upon the face of the earth. It stands not in a pool, but the earth opens her mouth to receive and to conceal his brother's blood. Hebrews 6:18-20 (ESV) says: so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. He is mentioned in several other places in Scripture, though. Jesus is our mediator and his blood saves us. When I'm attacked or hurt I raise my voice with indignation. Christ's blood has cleansed us from our sins and cries out in justification! The plan of salvation was solidified from the very beginning. Jesus is Abel. We are Cain. Cain and Abel were sons of Adam.
Showing neither mercy nor sorrow, they blindly "crucified the Lord of glory" ( 1 Cor.