There is only one way to get back into the situation of being naked and unashamed.

And that's to have an adequate cover.

The first concrete act of redemption that takes place in all of scripture.

And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and he had every right had every right

that's the kind of God that we have here

he had every right to annihilate them

he had every right to say, okay, you're naked and unashamed,

well the bed you make is the bed you sleep in.

You may wander the face of the earth with the mark of cane and I will consign you to the

everlastingly painful experience of a combination of nakedness and shame. He

could have come and stripped Adam and Eve of and

he could have come and stripped Adam and Eve of their loinclaw and sent them away naked.

Instead, he improved upon their self-made covering.

He did take away the loin cloth,

but he covered them with clothes that he made himself.

How many times does the New Testament speak of the work of Christ in terms of providing a covering?

How many times do the scriptures speak of the work of Christ in clothing us in his righteousness. The scriptures say that all of our

righteousness is as filthy rags. In other words when we attempt to justify ourselves to make ourselves comfortable in the presence of God to provide for ourselves our own handmade coverings, they are as filth, rag, but the covering that God provides.

Takes away the guilt, takes away the shame, takes away the guilt, the shame,

takes away the fear of the presence of God,

puts an end to our vocation as fugitives, and we can once again come into the presence of God naked and unashamed.

Thanks for listening to ultimately with R.C. Sproll.

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