In the beginning… man sinned. When man sinned they divested themselves of the glory of God. That glory of God covered them in His light.
Isa_60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
The following excerpt is from an earlier study-
'Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
They had no artificial coverings but were rather covered by the light of God. Covered as God is.
Psa 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Psa 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain
Gen. 3:7 - we find Adam and Eve sinned. And suddenly they're hiding from God, now they're ashamed even covered with fig leaves. They don't feel covered even though they are. They are NO longer covered in the light of God- it's gone. They are hiding their nakedness of soul from God- trying to hide it. It wasn't just their fleshy nakedness it was more, much more.
Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
God made a coat of skin - killing an animal to use it's skin to cover Adam and Eve's flesh nakedness.
Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Note: this is the ONLY place in the book of Revelation that Jesus speaks between chap 3 and chap 21.
We cannot understand this verse in Rev. unless we understand this verse in Genesis!
Garments/nakedness/shame
People will be found at the end time naked and filled with shame- just like in Genesis. '
Continuing…
As soon as mankind sinned the were naked. WHAT is that telling us?! Seriously? We have to think about this fact. So many people think physical nakedness is what it's all about in a sexual way, but that's not true. How could Adam and Eve be naked all that time and not care? What about sinning brought on their recognition of their nakedness? They didn't have clothing as we know it taken from them. They weren't suddenly stripped of their physical clothing. It was a sudden realization that it was GOD and HIS righteousness that clothed them.
When you cut yourself off from your source of light, you become dark. Yes?
When mankind cut themselves off from God, they became dark. There was NO righteousness to cover them any longer. They realized they were naked because God's righteousness was removed from them! No wonder they quickly hid themselves and tried to fashion clothing. They didn't have ANY concept of nudity being a sexual taboo, none! It wasn't SEXUAL! They wanted God's righteousness back! They wanted His glory that shone upon them to cover them. They were now vulnerable on their own and they knew it!
We still NEED God's righteousness!
GOD had to kill the first animals to give Adam and Eve a proper covering. It paled significantly in comparison to God's righteousness that covered them, but it was a covering given them from God. God was teaching them right then and there, that their sin warranted the DEATH of the first animals. Death to animals they'd cared for and known since their beginning. Death to those animals and the skin that belonged to those animals was now covering them.
The significance of this ALL is astounding if you really stop and think about it all.
That first sin, the loss that it caused is still upon us today and will remain upon us until we accept that we have to be clothed by GOD. We cannot fashion our own clothes and expect them to cover the stain of sin upon us.
Our Savior took on our flesh. Our Savior died in our flesh. Our Savior fashioned the clothes we need by sacrificing His life! The life of animals died for our first clothes, but those animals deaths could NOT cloth us in their righteousness, they had NONE. Only Christ clothing us in HIS righteousness can save us!
Clothe us LORD!
Forgive us!
Please clothe us in YOUR righteousness most amazing LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!
Please help us to realize that just as the earthly high priest needed special garments before entering the most holy place, we need special garments provided solely by our SAVIOR, our HEAVENLY HIGH PRIEST whose righteousness alone can save us, before we can enter His presence. We must ALLOW HIM to clothe us! We must BELIEVE HE CAN clothe us and STOP trying to fashion our own clothing- our own righteousness!
ALL BY YOUR GRACE LORD JESUS, OUR SAVIOR, OUR LOVE!
Isa_60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
The following excerpt is from an earlier study-
'Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
They had no artificial coverings but were rather covered by the light of God. Covered as God is.
Psa 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Psa 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain
Gen. 3:7 - we find Adam and Eve sinned. And suddenly they're hiding from God, now they're ashamed even covered with fig leaves. They don't feel covered even though they are. They are NO longer covered in the light of God- it's gone. They are hiding their nakedness of soul from God- trying to hide it. It wasn't just their fleshy nakedness it was more, much more.
Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
God made a coat of skin - killing an animal to use it's skin to cover Adam and Eve's flesh nakedness.
Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Note: this is the ONLY place in the book of Revelation that Jesus speaks between chap 3 and chap 21.
We cannot understand this verse in Rev. unless we understand this verse in Genesis!
Garments/nakedness/shame
People will be found at the end time naked and filled with shame- just like in Genesis. '
Continuing…
As soon as mankind sinned the were naked. WHAT is that telling us?! Seriously? We have to think about this fact. So many people think physical nakedness is what it's all about in a sexual way, but that's not true. How could Adam and Eve be naked all that time and not care? What about sinning brought on their recognition of their nakedness? They didn't have clothing as we know it taken from them. They weren't suddenly stripped of their physical clothing. It was a sudden realization that it was GOD and HIS righteousness that clothed them.
When you cut yourself off from your source of light, you become dark. Yes?
When mankind cut themselves off from God, they became dark. There was NO righteousness to cover them any longer. They realized they were naked because God's righteousness was removed from them! No wonder they quickly hid themselves and tried to fashion clothing. They didn't have ANY concept of nudity being a sexual taboo, none! It wasn't SEXUAL! They wanted God's righteousness back! They wanted His glory that shone upon them to cover them. They were now vulnerable on their own and they knew it!
We still NEED God's righteousness!
GOD had to kill the first animals to give Adam and Eve a proper covering. It paled significantly in comparison to God's righteousness that covered them, but it was a covering given them from God. God was teaching them right then and there, that their sin warranted the DEATH of the first animals. Death to animals they'd cared for and known since their beginning. Death to those animals and the skin that belonged to those animals was now covering them.
The significance of this ALL is astounding if you really stop and think about it all.
That first sin, the loss that it caused is still upon us today and will remain upon us until we accept that we have to be clothed by GOD. We cannot fashion our own clothes and expect them to cover the stain of sin upon us.
Our Savior took on our flesh. Our Savior died in our flesh. Our Savior fashioned the clothes we need by sacrificing His life! The life of animals died for our first clothes, but those animals deaths could NOT cloth us in their righteousness, they had NONE. Only Christ clothing us in HIS righteousness can save us!
Clothe us LORD!
Forgive us!
Please clothe us in YOUR righteousness most amazing LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!
Please help us to realize that just as the earthly high priest needed special garments before entering the most holy place, we need special garments provided solely by our SAVIOR, our HEAVENLY HIGH PRIEST whose righteousness alone can save us, before we can enter His presence. We must ALLOW HIM to clothe us! We must BELIEVE HE CAN clothe us and STOP trying to fashion our own clothing- our own righteousness!
ALL BY YOUR GRACE LORD JESUS, OUR SAVIOR, OUR LOVE!
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