and rule over his brother by taking his very life. He put himself in the place of God—the very thing that his parents did by eating the forbidden fruit of the garden of Eden. Sin begets sin. It’s a downward spiral. God knew one sinful thought “crouching at the door” would engulf Cain to the point where he could kill a fellow human being—even his own brother. Marred by sin, Cain no longer saw the image of God in Abel. For him, Abel’s life had no inherent value. His envy and anger led to his determination