EEK! We're naked!

So,  I posted about how God put Adam in the garden to work the land.

I should mention that the word Adam is the Hebrew word for man.  Many times when you see "Adam" in English, in the Hebrew the word is "the man".

Anyway, onward.  So , I noticed that God put Adam in the garden in Chapter 2 verse 15:

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

Then in verses 16 & 17 God tells Adam:

And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

This is basically the same in English and Hebrew.  What I never noticed before is that God told Adam this THEN later in verses 21 & 22:

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.  Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

Notice that God told Adam about the tree of knowledge of good and evil before he created the woman.  Now later on in chapter 3 verse 1 the serpent is talking to Eve about the fruit.

“Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

To which Eve replies:

“From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’”

Where did she get the touch idea?  Did she make that up or did Adam tell her that?  We don't know.  What we do know is that it's NOT what God said.  We must all be very careful to pay attention to what God does say and not add or subtract anything from it.   Like eve we will get into trouble.

(I wrote the above part a few days ago but am coming back to finish here)

It's interesting because just this weekend at church, the lesson was on relationships between men and women.  Pastor Troy talked about Adam and Eve in the garden and them having things perfect but they still had discontentment.   You can hear the message here.  It's the one for February 21st.

Of course once Adam and Eve ate of the fruit they realized they were naked and they were embarrased.  Chapter 3 verse 7 (NASB)

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

It's so sad that this happened.  If you read the post on naked an unashamed you will realize that there is a lot that happened when their eyes were opened.  It's not just that they saw their nakedness but they felt the shame in that nakedness.  God did not create them to feel that shame, that was the effect of sin entering them.
I think this picture reflects what happened more than just realizing nakedness.  Look at the fear and shame on the faces of Adam and Eve.  They know they blew it.  They actually thought they could hide from God.

Thank goodness that Jesus Christ came and died for us so we no longer have to deal with that shame and fear.  We can go with confidence to God.  Hebrews 4:16 (NASB)

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

We no longer have to fear and be ashamed.  Jesus took that sin upon himself.  We are covered by his blood.   Hebrews 4:14-15 (NASB)

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

 The next post is going to deal with the results of this sin.