The Blood of Abel by Henry Morris, Ph.D. "And to Jesus the
mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling,
that speaketh better things than that of Abel." (Hebrews 12:24)
There are three references to the blood of Abel in the Bible,
with each instance indicating that the shedding of Abel's blood
by his brother Cain was a type of the shed blood of Christ. In
fact, the very first reference to blood in the Bible (thus, by
the "law of first mention," a reference of foundational
significance) is God's accusation to Abel's murderer: "The voice
of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground" (Genesis
4:10). Abel was the first of multitudes through the centuries
whose blood has been shed because of their witness for divine
righteousness (note 1 John 3:12). This indictment of human
wickedness reached its zenith in the spilling of the blood of
the one who was perfectly righteous. "That upon you may come all
the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of
righteous Abel unto the blood of