Episode 540: Tales of Gabriel: Cain and Abel

December 2025

On Earth, in a restored Harwood County, many Rangers attend the wedding of Jake Holling and Gia Moran. Jake's Best Man is Noah and Gia's Maid of Honor is Emma. The rest of the Megaforce, including Orion, are there as well. The ceremony is perfect and afterwards at the reception, Troy, Noah, and Emma are sitting down at a table eating and talking when Gabriel comes up

"Hey Gabriel!" said Emma

"Hello, Emma" said Gabriel "I was wondering if you three would like to hear a couple more stories"

"Sure" said Noah "what story will you tell us this time?"

"I was thinking the story of Cain and Abel, but from an angel's perspective" said Gabriel "not too long after the Fall, Adam and Eve had a son, Cain. A couple of years later they had another, Abel. Cain and Abel became rivals, or at least Abel became Cain's rival, Abel didn't notice the rivalry. When they were in there 20s, they both made an offering to the Lord, Cain offering fruit and Abel offering sheep. The Lord accepted Abel's offering, but not Cain's. We angels were confused…"

In Heaven, the angels stood in shock as the Father rejected an offering, He'd never done that before

"Milord" said Gabriel "why did you reject Cain's offering?"

"It was not his first fruit, nor his best" said the Father "and more importantly, he was hoping I would like his offering better than his brother's. An offering made in jealously is not an offering made in honesty"

"Milord" said Jonas "what is Cain doing to his brother?" and they watch as Cain strikes Abel, killing him

"What just happened?" Deborah asked

"Abel's soul, it just left his body" said Gabriel "I can feel it, where did he go?"

"To Sheol" said the Son "he died with faith in Me, and so he will wait in Sheol until the day that his sins can be forgiven"

"You still haven't told us how You plan to do that" said Gabriel "even though Abel had faith in you, he's still a sinner, being in Your direct presence would be a fate worse than death"

"We will tell you in time, Gabriel" said the Son and then the Rangers' Morphers go off and the Rangers leave while Gabriel goes to check on Abel in Sheol.

At the barrier of Heaven and Earth, the Rangers check the disturbance only to see Satan trying to enter

"Stop, Satan" said Michael

"You could never beat me before, Michael" said Satan "you really think you can now?"

"There's only one way to find out" said Jonas

"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" said Michael

"LION!" said Jonas

"FIREBIRD!" said Deborah

"UNICORN!" said Seth

"GRIFFIN!" said Miriam

"RED DRAGONZORD!" said Michael

The five Power Rangers attack Satan, but were no match

"Quasar Sabers!" said Michael "Swords!" and they each drew two swords, as Satan draws his personal weapon, the Sword of Darkness, but they were still no match for him

"Enough!" said a voice and they all turned to see the Son, he waved His hand, demorphing the Rangers.

"What do you want, Satan?" the Son asked

"Only an audience with you and your Father" said Satan

"Very well" said the Son "follow Me" and He moved towards Heaven, with Satan following Him and the Rangers watching Satan

Meanwhile in Sheol, Abel wakes up as Gabriel arrives

"Where am I?" Abel asked "and who are you?"

"I am the archangel Gabriel" said Gabriel "and you are in Sheol"

"Where's Cain?" Abel asked

"He is on Earth" said Gabriel "Cain killed you"

"This is the afterlife?" Abel asked

"You sound disappointed" said Gabriel

"This place isn't terrible" said Abel "but it isn't that great either, not really much better than Earth"

"There are a few differences" said Gabriel "you can't die, or age, or feel physical pain. But you can feel sorrow and longing for what will be"

"Will I be here forever?" Abel asked

"No" said Gabriel "God has a plan to take you to a better place"

"Then I will not sorrow" said Abel "I will hope!"

"That's what Sheol is all about" said Gabriel

Meanwhile, in Heaven, Satan is brought before the Father and the Son

"What is it you want, Satan?" the Father asked

"The human called Cain has murdered his brother" said Satan

"Yes, We know" said the Father

"You cannot let this go unpunished" said Satan

"We won't" said the Father "Cain will face punishment on Judgement Day, just like everyone else, including you"

"We'll see about that" said Satan "but really, murder is a special kind of sin, don't you agree? Shouldn't an example be made of Cain?"

"Very well" said the Father

"Excellent" said Satan "I'll be on my way to take care of that"

"No you won't" said the Father "I will"

"Even better" said Satan, smirking as he teleported back to Earth

"…and so God cursed Cain and made him wander the Earth" said Gabriel "and Seth was left with the unfortunate duty of informing Adam and Eve what had happened to their sons. They were overcome with sorrow, but were gracious towards Seth for delivering the news. Adam and Eve later had another son, who they named after Seth"

"So if it wasn't for Satan, Cain would have never been punished?" Troy asked

"No" said Gabriel "God would have punished Cain either way. Satan likes to think of himself as a lawyer, someone who manipulates justice to see people punished. But God always just calls him the Accuser, he can accuse people, but he cannot do anything without God's approval. Satan likes to think that God is his puppet that he uses to torture people, but it's really the other way around, Satan is God's puppet to bring about justice. Do you have time to listen to another story?"

"Sure" said Troy looking over at Jake and Gia who were still dancing "we've got time"

"How about the story of Noah?" Gabriel asked "the entire universe, but especially Earth was getting more and more sinful by the day. One day God came up with a plan to provide a partial reset…"


To be continued…

Gabriel tells the Megaforce the story of Noah's ark