Old Testament Lesson 5 Power Point Cain and Abel

Old Testament - Lesson 5
Introduction – Three Pillars
Alma 22:13 - And Aaron did expound unto him the

scriptures from:
1. The Creation of Adam

2. The Fall of Man
3. The Plan of Redemption
Old Testament Lesson
5
Cain and Abel
The most important lesson Latter-
day Saints should draw from this
year's study of the Old Testament in
gospel doctrine classes is "the way it
gives a type and shadow of the
Savior coming to earth.”
Sunday School general presidency:
Russell T. Osguthorpe, President
David M. McConkie, Counselor
Matthew O. Richardson, Counselor
Old Testament – Lesson 5
Objective
“If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted”
How is the story of Cain and

Abel a type and shadow of the
Redemption of Christ?
Type and Shadow
A type is essentially a prophecy of something in the future

as illustrated by a similar story of that which is going to
happen. It is a means of which some truth of the Gospel
is divinely foreshadowed. (Biblical Hermeneutics, Milton
S. Terry, p. 336).
Similitude, Allegory, Parable, Dualism, Likeness,

Comparison and “in Remberance of”, are closely
associated with the terms Type and Shadow.
Adam
Adam is a Type of Christ
Romans 5:4 - Nevertheless death reigned from

Adam to Moses, even over them that had not
sinned after the similitude of Adam’s
transgression, who was the figure (type) of him
(Christ) that was to come.
Note - There must be some notable point of resemblance between the type (Adam) and
the shadow (Christ). Nevertheless, they may, in many points, be dissimilar as well.
Adam was a type of Christ, yet Adam was not perfect. In 1 Corinthians 15:45-49, Paul
notes more points of unlikeness than of agreement between the two. Secondly, the
scriptures make it clear that we always expect to find in the shadow something higher
and nobler than in the type. In Colossians 2:17, we read, “the substance belongs to
Christ”
The Liahona
The Liahona is a type and shadow

of Christ
Alma 37:38-45 - These things are not without a shadow (v.
43). For behold, it is as easy to give heed to the word of
Christ, which will point to you a straight course to eternal
bliss, as it was for our fathers to give heed to this compass,
which would point unto them a straight course to the
promised land. (v. 44). Is there not a type in this thing? For
just as surely as this director did bring our fathers, by
following its course, to the promised land, shall the words of
Christ, if we follow their course, carry us beyond this vale of
sorrow into a far better land of promise (v. 45).
The Law of Moses
The Law of Moses is a shadow of

the coming and redemption of
Christ
Mosiah 16: 14-15 - If ye teach the law of Moses, also teach that it is
a shadow of those things which are to come-- Teach them that
redemption cometh through Christ the Lord, who is the very Eternal
Father.
Hebrews 10:1 - For the Law (of Moses) having a shadow of good
things to come (Christ), and not the very image of the things, can
never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually
make the comers thereunto perfect.
CHAISMUS
Inverted Hebrewisms
Last First
Last First
A-B-B-A Method
A. The LAST
B. Shall be FIRST
B. And the FIRST
A. Shall be LAST
Mark 10:31; 1 Ne 14:32; Jacob 5:33; Ether 13:12
OPPOSITION
2 Nephi 2:11
For it must needs be, that
there is an opposition in all
things:
RIGHTEOUSNESS WICKEDNESS
HOLINESS MISERY
GOOD BAD
LIFE DEATH
CORRUPTION INCORRUPTION
HAPPINESS MISERY
OPPOSITION
STORIES
Cain Abel
Ishmael Isaac
Esau Jacob
Judah Joseph
Laman Nephi
Old Testament – Lesson 5
Objective
“If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted”
How is the story of Cain and

Abel a type and shadow of the
Redemption of Christ?
Cain was a tiller of the soil and Abel was a
keeper of sheep.
It appears that Moses is telling us that Abel

was like THE GOOD SHEPHERD who
served the people, whereas Cain was
commited to the earth (worldly) and said,
“Am I my brothers keeper?” Cain desired
power and was greedy. After he killed Abel,
he said; “I am free; surely the flocks of my
brother falleth into my hands” (Moses 5:33)
Abel’s offering was accepted by God and
Cain’s offer was rejected.
It is a principle of faith. In Hebrews 11:4, we

read, “by faith Abel offered a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain. Abel knew that Christ
would come to atone for our sins. Cain said;
“who is the Lord that I should know him”
(Moses 5:16).
The Lord asked Cain what he had done;
because “the voice of thy brother’s blood cries
unto me from the ground (Moses 5:35)
Abel’s death is symbolic of both the death and

resurrection of Christ. Abel’s death can be
compared to Christ’s death on the cross, which
death brought about the resurrection of all
mankind whose blood cries from the ground.
Abel’s death brought about the need for the
Atonement.
The Lord told Cain that he would be a fugitive
and a vagabond on the earth. Cain said; “my
punishment is more than I can bear” (Moses
5:37-38)
Cain suffered a spiritual death. Christ said;
“Wherefore, I command you to repent-- repent,
lest I smite you by the rod of my mouth, by my
wrath and by my anger, and your sufferings be
sore -- how sore ye know not, how exquisite
you know not, yea, how hard to bear you know
not” (D/C 19:15)
Abel - a Type of Christ
by Don Parry
Abel was, in a number of ways, a remarkable type of Christ. Abel’s

occupation as a shepherd looked forward to Jesus, who was “the good
shepherd [who] giveth his life for the sheep” (Moses 5:17; John 10:11). Abel
possessed spiritual qualities that anticipated Jesus’ spiritual perfections.
Just as “Abel hearkened unto the voice of the Lord” (Moses 5:17), Jesus
hearkened unto his Father’s voice. Abel was gifted with faith (Heb. 11:4), by
which he “brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the
Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering” (Gen. 4:4). Paul called
Abel’s offering “a more excellent sacrifice” (Heb. 11:4), and yet his excellent
offering was but a shadow of the time when Jesus came “to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself” (Heb. 9:26). Joseph Smith said of Abel: “Abel
offered to God a sacrifice that was accepted, which was the firstlings of the
flock. . . . Abel offered an acceptable sacrifice, by which he obtained witness
that he was righteous, God Himself testifying of his gifts.”9
Couplets and Types and
Shadows
Matthew 6:24
A. No man can serve two masters
B. For either he will hate the one
C. And Love the other
C. Or else he will hold to the one
B. And dispise the other
A. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon
The Plan of Redemption
Alma 22:18
I will give away all my sins to know

thee and (to know) that I may be raised
from the dead, and be saved at the last
day.

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Old Testament - Lesson 5

Introduction – Three Pillars

Alma 22:13 - And Aaron did expound unto him the

1. The Creation of Adam

How is the story of Cain and

A type is essentially a prophecy of something in the future

Similitude, Allegory, Parable, Dualism, Likeness,

Romans 5:4 - Nevertheless death reigned from

The Liahona is a type and shadow

The Law of Moses is a shadow of

How is the story of Cain and

It appears that Moses is telling us that Abel

It is a principle of faith. In Hebrews 11:4, we

Abel’s death is symbolic of both the death and

Abel was, in a number of ways, a remarkable type of Christ. Abel’s

I will give away all my sins to know

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