"Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden." Genesis 3:8
It's interesting to note that the word "sound" is translate in the Qbible as "call" or "voice." So now after giving in to temptation, only to see that it wasn't all it was made out to be, the first man and woman hear God in the garden. So what do they do? They hide.
They should have known, you can't hide from God. They could have gone to him and admitted their sin, but they didn't. Maybe they just reacted in a moment of panic. Maybe they just weren't willing yet to face the full consequences of their actions. Maybe they just didn't want to face God's disappointment in them. Either way, that's what they did - they hide.
Even today we still do the same thing. We sin, knowingly or not, and once it's done, we try to hide from it and from God. It's hard to admit when you've done something wrong. Most of us would rather ignore it and pretend it never happened, but we can't. At some point we will have to deal with it, whether that's in this life or the next.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Friday, August 22, 2014
Genesis 3:7
"Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves." Genesis 3:7
The Qbible translates "coverings" as "aprons" or "belts." So the coverings that the first couple made only covered the bottom. I can't help but wonder how they sewed the fig leaves together...it doesn't sound like that would make very comfortable clothes or that it would stay together very well.
Of course the more important thing to take from this verse is that they received the knowledge that they were naked. As pointed out on FGGAM the first thing they did with their knowledge was cover it up. Can you imagine? They were tempted by knowledge and then the knowledge immediately reveals what they're doing wrong. Not only did they disobey God's only command for them, but what was gained from that was the knowledge of their own failures.
The Qbible translates "coverings" as "aprons" or "belts." So the coverings that the first couple made only covered the bottom. I can't help but wonder how they sewed the fig leaves together...it doesn't sound like that would make very comfortable clothes or that it would stay together very well.
Of course the more important thing to take from this verse is that they received the knowledge that they were naked. As pointed out on FGGAM the first thing they did with their knowledge was cover it up. Can you imagine? They were tempted by knowledge and then the knowledge immediately reveals what they're doing wrong. Not only did they disobey God's only command for them, but what was gained from that was the knowledge of their own failures.
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