God Rejects Saul as King.
Neither the sacrifice nor God were deficient, rather it was Cain's action of keeping a portion of the offering for himself. Cain was a greedy worshipper who did not give God all of the offering.
Now I beg you, forgive my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD." But Samuel said to him, "I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you as king over Israel!" As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.
In Hebrews 12:17 it says that Esau found no place for repentance. He didn't take the time, opportunity, occasion or power that he had to make things right. The tears that Esau shed were not tears of true repentance and sorrow over sins he had committed.
Because Saul had not killed Agag, the Amalekite king, and had saved sheep and cattle for a sacrifice, Samuel informed Saul that he had disobeyed Yahweh and was thus rejected by God, for “to obey is better than to sacrifice.” Samuel then asked that Agag be brought to him, and he hacked the Amalekite king to pieces.
God Rejects Saul as King — Today Daily Devotional.
There are a number of episodes in the New Testament in which Jesus was rejected. Jesus is rejected in Judaism as a failed Jewish messiah claimant and a false prophet by most Jewish denominations. Jesus disputes with the Pharisees and is rejected, from the Bowyer Bible, 19th century.
When Jacob returned home after many years away, he was afraid of the reception he might receive from his brother because of the way he had de- ceived and cheated him. Yet when they met again, Esau threw his arms around Jacob and kissed him. Esau's actions spoke of his complete forgive- ness.
However, Jacob evidently does not trust his brother's favour to continue for long, so he makes excuses to avoid traveling to Mount Seir in Esau's company, and he further evades Esau's attempt to put his own men among Jacob's bands and finally completes the deception of his brother yet again by going to Succoth and then ...
Jacob also cheated Esau out of their blind father's deathbed blessing by impersonating him, a deceit prompted by their mother, Rebecca. The feud between the brothers ended many years later in a joyful reconciliation.
The Hebrew Bible presents Ahab as a wicked king, particularly for condoning Jezebel's influence on religious policies and his principal role behind Naboth's arbitrary execution.
Saul again disobeyed the Lord by not fulfilling His command to destroy the Amalekites and all of their animals, and the Lord rejected Saul as the king of Israel.
Moses had not only been rejected by the Egyptians, but he had also been rejected by his own people. Therefore, he needed a strong and encouraging word which would enable him to overcome this feeling of inferiority. In essence, the Lord told Moses that if the people rejected him, they would be rejecting God Himself.
The book of Genesis mentions three of Adam and Eve's children: Cain, Abel and Seth. But geneticists, by tracing the DNA patterns found in people throughout the world, have now identified lineages descended from 10 sons of a genetic Adam and 18 daughters of Eve.
In the Sefer Hekalot, Rabbi Ishmael is described as having visited the Seventh Heaven, where he met Enoch, who claims that earth had, in his time, been corrupted by the demons Shammazai, and Azazel, and so Enoch was taken to Heaven to prove that God was not cruel.
The mark of Cain is God's promise to offer Cain divine protection from premature death with the stated purpose of preventing anyone from killing him. It is not known what the mark was, but it is assumed that the mark was visible.
Jacob wrestles God for the blessing God intended for him all along—a summarizing picture of Jacob's life. Because Jacob won't receive God's blessing, God wounds him in the place where he generated his own blessings.
The book of Obadiah clearly shows that God's wrath and judgment came upon Edom for mistreating a "brother" nation. God exercised authority in punishing Edom to the extent that no survivors were left for her.
Death. According to the Babylonian Talmud, Esau was killed by Hushim, son of Dan, son of Jacob, because Esau obstructed the burial of Jacob into the cave of Machpelah.
Thus disguised, Jacob went to his father pretending to be Esau, and stole the blessing from him. Upon his return, Esau requested the blessing, but it was too late – Isaac told him that he had already given it away.
He focused on his hunger first. His inheritance came second. He was most interested in instant gratification, and his choices were short-sighted. He repented too late (Hebrews 12:16-17).
Remind the children that because families can be together forever, they should love and help their brothers and sisters. Share the following quotation with the children: “Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father and mother. Love your family.
In the Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter, Jesus denies Peter "three times in this night" as not ready for inner sight, 72,5. Both details of "three times" denied and "in this night" being present suggests a relationship to the canonical portrayal of the Denial of Peter.
Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.” John 13:31–38. When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him.
That was John. But the religious leaders did not recognize him, so they mistreated him, and persecuted him. Just as John was mistreated, so I, the Son of Man, will suffer at their hands. As it went with the earlier prophets, as it went with John, so too it would go with Jesus, the prophesied Messiah.