A wise Jewish man once taught me to read the Bible from the perspective of a human. Meaning, some statements in the Bible are meant to be questioned, to reveal the discrepancy between the character's point of view and the reality of the situation. Since the occurrence of what I'm calling "The Fruit Incident" in Eden and in all subsequent events, we are witnessing the dichotomy of what is actually happening between man and God, and what man thinks is happening between him and God. Enter Cain and Abel.
Cain is convinced he does not have what he desires from God: Acceptance. Cain pouts. He kills. He shirks his responsibility. He pities himself, makes the situation worse than it actually is, and runs away as if he had no choice.
Drama, drama.
Even in his crazy ways, Cain gets more than he deserves. God counsels him, corrects and guides him, protects him, and marks him. Cain is convinced that God is moving away from him, but God repeatedly shows that He is moving toward him in kindness.
I suspect this would not be the last time in history that a man or woman actually had the things he desired from God, but remained convinced that he didn't.
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