Cain's Legitimate Sacrifice - The Bishop's Blurb

When we read the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4, it is easy to assume that God accepted Abel's sacrifice and not Cain's because Cain did not offer a blood sacrifice. The idea is that Cain's sacrifice was not legitimate and so God did not accept it. But when we read the text in the original language we find that this is not the case. Cain's sacrifice was arguably more legitimate than Abel's according to the various descriptions of sacrifices in the Bible. This story is not about Cain giving the wrong thing. It is about something much deeper that we can all learn from.