Did Adam and Eve bring clothing to man?

[reba]

1Pe 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Eph 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

 

[Classik]

I see the blessings of sin ;)

:biglol

 

[Classik]

So does that mean we will be naked in Heaven?

Wonderful! Paaaaaaaard! What are you thinking?!! Do not make me laugh when I already have a terrible headache. :toofunny
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A teacher once said 'God doesn't wear clothes - His glory covers Him'.

 

[Pard]

Well I'm thinking that everyone will be naked and in perfect bodies and I won't even care... :toofunny

And people say God doesn't have a sense of humor.

 

[Classik]

Well I'm thinking that everyone will be naked and in perfect bodies and I won't even care... :toofunny

And people say God doesn't have a sense of humor.

That'd be great up there! NEVER THINK ABOUT IT HERE! I'd just feast on seclusion!

 

[Ace1234]

Many refer to it as the first sacrifice.

Many feel they were free from the ability to get sick or die, once fallen they now needed protection such as clothing. I don't see that they were ashamed of their nakedness, they were husband and wife, but more ashamed of their fallen nature.

The question is sin brought forth death, but we also know their was a tree of life of which they never ate, so that implies that they could die before sin.

It also appears to me they had a sin nature before the fall, certainly they had free will as they chose not to eat of the tree. Notice when tempted Eve much like Satan showed sinful human emotions before she ate. She thought they could be like God, so we see lust already in her before she ate.

Why Satan didn't tell them to eat of the tree of life first before the tree of knowledge....would that have caused problems?

Seems the entire fall was ordained and planned by God. Often man teaches God had a perfect plan, but man and Satan messed it up, so God came out with plan B. No, I think it was ordained, if something could mess up God's perfect plan then we wouldn't be safe in heaven. It seems all his beings had their role.

 

[Vic C.]

Seems the entire fall was ordained and planned by God. Often man teaches God had a perfect plan, but man and Satan messed it up, so God came out with plan B. No, I think it was ordained, if something could mess up God's perfect plan then we wouldn't be safe in heaven. It seems all his beings had their role.

A "plan B?" No, I don't believe so either. :yes

 

[Classik]

Really. Either the couple or God did.

 

[thisnumbersdisconnected]

But it wasn't about clothing; it was about sacrifice... a "sin-offering" of sorts.

Think about it. ;)

I have, and rejected that viewpoint long ago. It is a serious error to read sacrifice between the lines of verse 21. The institution of sacrifice is far too significant an occurrence to leave it entirely to inference. I stress here that it must be our objective as interpreters to understand what the author wished to communicate, not to piece together answers we would like to know from reading between the lines. The author is clearly not communicating anything about sacrifice here, for he does not address that issue. What is his point then?

In some contexts, clothing someone is an act of investiture. Kings and priests were clothed in installation ceremonies. Joseph was clothed by his father with a special coat and was clothed by Pharaoh on his appointment to high office. But all of these constitute elevations of status, whereas Adam and Eve are ready to be demoted.

For lack of other alternatives, this provision should probably be seen as an act of grace by God, preparing them for the more difficult environment he is sending them into and providing a remedy for their newly developed shame. Insofar as animal death is likely already in the system, there is nothing unusual about using an animal skin for a garment.

So we are left with the conclusion that, as God is preparing to evict Adam and Eve from the Garden, He is nonetheless preparing them for a life that is monumentally harder than the one He had prepared for them, even knowing they would not be able to continue in that life because of their innate nature. So He gives them covering from the elements, He perhaps gives them protection from the predatory animals (the skins, after all, have a scent about them that would "read" to the olfactories of wolves or bears as other animals), that, due to The Fall, are just as new to a kill-or-be-killed, survival-of-the-hungriest world that Adam's sin has brought into it.

No, v. 21 has nothing to do with sacrifice, but everything to do with provision.