After Adam and Eve rebelled against God, Genesis 3:7 recounts that the “eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.”
Recognizing their need for a covering, Adam and Eve sewed together fig leaves for cloth.
Despite these garbs of greenery, the couple still felt the need to hide from God’s presence (Genesis 3:8). Yet no human can escape accountability to God.
Despite these garbs of greenery, the couple still felt the need to hide from God’s presence (Genesis 3:8). Yet no human can escape accountability to God.
*As Hebrews 4:13 says, “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” Adam and Eve understood this truth in every sense, for Adam confessed that he had hidden from God in fear because of his own nakedness (Genesis 3:10).
Yet God in his mercy provided garments of skin to Adam and Eve, presumably from an animal which needed to die to become a covering.
Yet God in his mercy provided garments of skin to Adam and Eve, presumably from an animal which needed to die to become a covering.
---This first Biblical reference to clothing anticipates how God would send His Son, Jesus, as the sacrificial Lamb to become the covering for human sin."
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