{"id":36088,"date":"2014-07-06T04:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=36088"},"modified":"2014-06-29T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T20:53:00","slug":"why-cains-sacrifice-was-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/why-cains-sacrifice-was-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cain&#8217;s Sacrifice Was Better&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week we took a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/cain-sacrifice-god-genesis-4\/\" title=\"Cain offering to God\" target=\"_blank\">why Cain offered a sacrifice to God<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/god-reject-cains-sacrifice\/\" title=\"Why God rejected Cains sacrifice\" target=\"_blank\">why God rejected Cain&#8217;s sacrifice<\/a>, but accepted Abel&#8217;s. 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