Cain lifted up
▸ ± Ge 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
The word accepted is 'se'eth' שאת - object ת lifted up שא, rest ש()ת in א.
Together Cain and Abel are a shadow of Christ. Cain represents Jesus before the cross, and Abel in his death. Jesus lays down his own life in the shadow of Cain killing Abel. This verse is a shadow of Gethsemane. The perfect life of Jesus was not acceptable to the Father as the completion of his work; he had to die. Jesus did not want to die. Counsel from the Father to his son can be heard in the words "If you do right, won't you be lifted up?" to encourage him toward the cross.
The cross is the final work of Jesus according to the will of the Father. 'Lifted up' becomes a metaphor for the cross.
