In The Way Of Cain

"But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who DID NOT BELIEVE. And the angels who did not keep THEIR PROPER DOMAIN, but LEFT THEIR OWN ABODE, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgement of the great day; as Sodom and Gomorrah, and cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!' But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. Woe to them! For they have gone IN THE WAY OF CAIN, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. (Jude v.5-11)

We understand that Cain's offering to the Lord was not respected. The Lord brought correction, saying, 'If you do well, will not you be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.' (Genesis 4:1-7) Cain decided what to bring as an offering and would not be corrected.

"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the power of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again FOR THEMSELVES the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame." (Hebrews 6:4-6) They, like Cain, decide what type of offering to bring. It always results in a shameful representation relative to the purity of the Way of His cross.