The morning star, knowing that he could bring rule to this new earth through fear, began to work on the children of Adam and Eve. He spoke to Cain. “Is it not right that your brother is so blessed in his hunting trips, but you have little to show in your garden beds.”
“The rain has been sore in this garden for some time. I am unable to give them what they need.” said Cain.
“If you give me your first fruits, child, I will bless your harvest and give you peace in this land.” Cain went and prepared the first of his meal that night and offered it up to God.
The next day he walked out to find a beautiful harvest. It had germinated and brought forth much fruit. Though there was a sourness to it that had not been there before. Time had seen the trick of Lucifer. Through forcing the fruit into maturation before their time the chemical compounds had been stressed. There was immediate gratification, but nothing substantial to maintain energy.
Cain was in awe of his harvest. He grabbed the best he could find and went out to the altar without preparing the sacrifice, such was his fast paced ways. At the altar he found that Abel was already in a sacrifice to his helper. And vast were his spoils that he showed appreciation for.
Cain looked with jealousy and went forth to his altar. He displayed his wares in a irregular fashion. The morning star looked down and saw an opportunity. “Cain, why have you brought me such a disheveled gift? Would you eat from this altar you have prepared.?”
“I would, my Lord.” and with that he grabbed a fruit and dug into it with his teeth.
“I would have preferred more from you my child. Look at your brother’s altar. It is in the design I have specified. Down to the last detail that I have given you. I am a very particular God and I like to have things the way I have requested.”
“I know these things about my God. I simply was taken with emotion and did not count the cost of my unprepared actions.” replied Cain.
“I will not accept this gift from you Cain. You will not find a harvest at your home. I will make the ground hard upon you that you will struggle as you work.”
And so it was for a time. That Cain would labor furiously in his gardens day and night. It seemed to him that Abel was blessed more each time they made their sacrifices. His smile always on his face. It disgusted his brother, Cain. He was the first to offer to this God. He had built his altar first. This was not the way he had thought before, and this new way would not do.
One of the days Abel came to Cain requesting water. “I have none to offer you brother.” replied Cain.
“I have been running after herds all day. You have plenty for your children beneath you. Give me some of the life in your possession.”
“I have barely enough to go through my crops and give them a morsel. You are a selfish face that I do not wish to look upon.”
“I will tell our God of this and He will decide our positions.” replied Abel.
Cain became furious. The preferred one would not gain the power of a God against him. He grabbed his tool and broke through his brothers skull. Before the life had poured completely out of him, Time came and stood next to Cain. “What have you done?”
“I have done what is right in my own eyes.” declared Cain.
“Whether it was right or wrong will be decided by the face it meets. But with my face only the actions themselves, not the intentions, are reflected. What you have done is betray the life of one of Earth’s children. This will be one of your faces from now on. The energy protruding from your heart will show your true face for the rest of this life and lives to come.” Cain wept for himself, feeling the face show itself among those in his heart. He knew that regardless of his own perception the truth of this moment would reflect again and again through the fruits of the actions.