The Word of Truth Ministries
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SERMON IN A SECOND
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coats of skin symbolized Jesus Christ |
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Adam also and his wife did the Lord God In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve sinned, were ashamed, and could not stand, in good conscience, before God. There are many who do the same and then try to stand in good conscience before God. But after their sin, Adam and his wife realized that they were naked; so they hid themselves--they did not have a clear conscience. Their effort to clothe themselves was flawed and insufficient; this is always the case with man. He cannot save himself. God had to give Adam and Eve clothing, as He must give all humankind clothing/a covering for their sin.[Gen. 3: 21] God gave them covering that was coats of skin--an animal had to die. He could have given them covering of any substance in the garden, but God chose instead to give them covering from an animal to symbolize what he would do in Christ. There is no indication in Genesis what animal died, but elsewhere in Scripture we know that Jesus Christ was that lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world [Rev. 13:8] This Scripture in the last book of the Bible, Revelations, reaches back to the first book for meaning. In man's confusion and wanderings from God, there was no way out of sin that he could find within himself. The cry was made, When will Shiloh come? But thank God, He had a plan; a plan He hinted at in signs and symbols throughout the Law--coats of skin, sacrifices of animals, etc. And the Prophets did more than wink at our ignorance. [Acts 17: 30] They spoke more plainly, but though they spoke plainly, their understanding was not clear on what, exactly, and for whom, exactly, they prophesied. Because man was unable to redeem himself from the sinful mess he had gotten into, God declared in the Prophets that His own arm [power] would bring salvation. [Isa 59:16 & 63:5] He would bring into time that which he had already done in eternity--he would give man a covering for his sins. And to do that, Jesus would have to be made sin for us, that we might be made, those persons who accept what Jesus has done, the righteousness of God in Christ. [2 Cor. 5:21].
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