The Estuary of Theology 16 The Most Holy Eucharist (2) God added the second plan of salvation to his plan for the sake of Cain, who had committed the crime of murder for the first time, and Abel, who, by it, had become the first man to die, as well as many people who were to have the same fates as these two persons (cf. The Estuary of Theology issue 15 ). Cain, for God, was the firstborn who was to be the fulfilment of the word: “ Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth ” (Genesis 1:28). He, who had committed a murder, which God had called sin for the first time, against God’s will, “ Be fruitful and multiply ,” could say, “ My punishment is greater than I can bear ,” thanks to the “enmity” which God had put (cf. Genesis 3:15). God forgave him for this word. Then God himself assumed Cain’s sin and the punishment to be received, which Ca