Clothing Optional
When Adam and Eve were wandering about the Garden of Eden and the serpent talked Eve into eating the forbidden fruit, I noticed two things the other day that I hadn't noticed before about this section of scripture. First, Eve saw that the fruit was good for food. Second, after she and Adam ate of it, they had to start sewing clothes to cover their nakedness. Do you see any correlation with problems women have today with both food and clothing???
Now, of course, I'm just speculating as the Bible says nothing about these two issues, but I'm willing to guess that Eve started something with her problem with submission to authority, first God's and then her husband's. Notice the scripture says she gave some of the fruit to Adam to eat, so he must have been close by. Had he reminded her that she shouldn't eat of the tree and it wasn't noted in scripture? We don't know, but we do know she disobeyed God's directive regarding the tree in the middle of the garden.
So as a result of Eve's striving to be as wise as God, women struggle today with making choices regarding men, food, and clothing! I can't wait for heaven when we won't worry about finding the right man to marry, dieting won't be necessary, and due to our immortal bodies, clothing will be optional:)
Now, of course, I'm just speculating as the Bible says nothing about these two issues, but I'm willing to guess that Eve started something with her problem with submission to authority, first God's and then her husband's. Notice the scripture says she gave some of the fruit to Adam to eat, so he must have been close by. Had he reminded her that she shouldn't eat of the tree and it wasn't noted in scripture? We don't know, but we do know she disobeyed God's directive regarding the tree in the middle of the garden.
So as a result of Eve's striving to be as wise as God, women struggle today with making choices regarding men, food, and clothing! I can't wait for heaven when we won't worry about finding the right man to marry, dieting won't be necessary, and due to our immortal bodies, clothing will be optional:)
A garden in Costa Rico.
Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 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.
This was very interesting. I hadn't thought of this but it does make sense!! Haha
ReplyDeleteAmen...it will be wonderful to no longer think about how many calories I'm consuming and wondering if I look fat today? Thats an interesting observation to authority. But also, to me, its interesting how Adam gave in to Eve's prompting to eat of the fruit, knowing that God had told them both not to eat of the tree of knowledge, good, and evil. Before sin. Was he seduced by her? I don't know, just thinking out loud.
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