“Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.”
When Adam and Eve took of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil their eyes were opened, but because of their sin they also became aware of their nakedness and hid themselves. Likewise, when we fall into temptation we become conscious of our sin and become ashamed of our failure, fleeing away into our own depravity and hiding ourselves from God. Then God comes searching for us and we hide ourselves in the midst of His garden in fear and timidity. We then try to cover up our sin and our shame so others won’t notice, but God can see right through our deceptive antics. He looks at the heart of our wickedness, for which no garment can clothe nor conceal. We also try to shift the burden of responsibility upon someone or something else. Like Adam placing the blame on Eve and her diverting it to the serpent; we are no different and tend to redirect the blame to our upbringing, circumstances, or feelings. We very rarely admit our sin and come before God with a heart of repentance. Nonetheless, that is all that He is seeking from us. When we sin we should run to God with our nakedness and shame because He is the only One who can forgive us. He is searching for us, so let us search for Him. However, we must also be reminded that when sin is committed bloodshed must follow. God killing the animal to make garments of skin foreshadowed how His Son would cover our sin by His flesh and blood. Just like the garments of skin clothing the nakedness of Adam and Eve, Christ’s forgiveness robes our shame, so that we can walk in freedom and right standing with God.
