John and Genesis
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Genesis 3:21 NASB
Clothed – Just in case you didn’t realize it, this verse has almost nothing to do with apparel. God’s actions following the first sin reveal an attempt to restore the original intention of Mankind. Davidson’s remark on Genesis 3:21[1] is pertinent. The Hebrew combination of labash (to clothe) and kotnot (garments) appears in other important Hebrew Scriptures. The use in these other verses suggests something quite startling about God’s provision for Adam and his wife; something that we would never imagine for two people who have just disobeyed God’s explicit command. We find the combination of labash and kotnot in Leviticus 8:7 and 13 and Numbers 20:28. Those verses describe God’s provision of the holy garments for Aaron and his sons. In other words, this phrase is used for those whom God dresses as priests. When God clothed Adam and his wife, He did more than cover their nakedness. He installed them both as the world’s first priest and priestess. The role of Adam and Havvah commissioned by God is not erased by the fall. After their disobedience, Adam and Havvah are still commissioned as a priest and priestess by God Himself. God is the God who restores.
Jump forward a few thousand years. “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”[2] Yeshua’s conversation with Simon Peter is restoration. The role YHVH had in mind for Simon Peter has not changed. What changed is Peter’s self-awareness. Filled with remorse and guilt, he cannot accomplish what God intended. He must be restored after his betrayal. We are back at the Garden. Yeshua must “clothe” Peter in the royal robes of divine commission in order for Peter to take up the assignment. The “skins” of acceptance and love must cover the shame Peter has experienced so that Peter can embrace the task—“Feed my sheep.” Genesis comes to John.
You and I are the same, aren’t we? Somewhere along the way, we fell. We disobeyed. We denied. We encountered the shame of humiliation, the agony of abandonment. YHVH didn’t leave us. Neither did His son. But we did. We walked away. We turned our backs. We thought only of ourselves. And now we aren’t sure if we are really worthy of the task ahead. We have returned to fishing—those past behaviors that provide anesthetized comfort in our worlds of hurt. Then God arrives. “Do you love Me?” Are you still willing? If only our shame could be removed. In fact, without asking us for permission, God restores. He places us back on the saddle. He brings us royal robes. He removes our sense of unworthiness. He reinstates our commission.
Get up, my friend. God is calling. Go.
Topical Index: clothe, labash, Genesis 3:21, John 21:15, shame
[1] Davidson, The Flame of Yahweh, p. 58.
[2] John 21:15
The first priest family on the earth of the order of Melchizedek.
Thank you, just as I felt like abandoning everything your ‘Today’s word comes in’ lifting me up. Thank you for letting God use you.
No doubt God placed the skins on Adam and Eve without
their asking.
But does He not ask us to ask? Does not faith prompt us
to call Him? Don’t we have to WANT back in? “Seek and
ye shall find.”
“For with the heart one believes unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=djrY_eFDOwE
Thank you. Brought me to tears. He IS a good good Abba. Wished I had been one. He also is a good good husband. Wished I had been one. He also is a good good son. Wished….
I discovered this little gem about Adam and Eve “clothes” when I was teaching about Joseph. A search on Joseph’s “multicolored coat” led me to the same conclusion! Adam and Eve were sent out ‘dressed for their destiny” – not as Tarzan and Jane. As well as Joseph and the levitical priests, the same terms are found when it describes the garments of David’s princesses! And we are a royal priesthood! WOW! Oh – If only people would study more diligently – the wonders we would find in our Father’s word!
“Floored” – Discovering the Atonement
“in Christ..” – and “under the blood!”
Do not “uncover” what God has covered!
~ And Jehovah Elohim [the LORD God] made Adam and his wife coats of skin and clothed them.. ~ (Genesis 3.21)
http://the-tabernacle-place.com/articles/what_is_the_tabernacle/tabernacle_ark_of_the_covenant#fn-atonement
~ Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. “Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with [an atoning “judgment proof” covering of] pitch.. ~
When God “saved/delivered” baby Moses, his floating basket was also covered with this same “atonement” – a covering of pitch.
(Exodus 2.3)
Redeemed-Restored-Renewed-Rejoicing
The Atonement of ADONAI
Christ, the LORD, is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Lo! the Sun’s eclipse is over, Alleluia!
Lo! He sets in blood no more, Alleluia!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Alleluia!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids his rise, Alleluia!
Christ hath opened Paradise, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven, Alleluia!
Praise to thee by both be given, Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!
Hail, the resurrection day, Alleluia!
King of glory, Soul of bliss, Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!
Thee to know, thy power to prove, Alleluia!
Thus to sing and thus to love, Alleluia!
Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
But the pains that he endured, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured, Alleluia!
Now above the sky He’s King, Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!
~ There is therefore now – NO CONDEMNATION to those who are in Christ Jesus..! ~ (Romans
~ and when I see the blood I will pass over you ~ (Exodus 12.13)
Full atonement! – Can it be?
Hallelujah! – What a Savior!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ0zxQ-fmfo
~ Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins..~ (1 Peter 4.8)
i like the thought of restoration and comparing scriptural use of terminology, but because a word is applied to priests does not mean it always applies to priests. Also, There is no other instance I know of where there is a priestess for Hashem. Not to exclude the feminine, as we know; the Spirit, the Shekhina, and the name El Shaddai are all feminine.
Blessings!
YHWH shows such respect to married woman who are ECHAD with their husbands that they are never or seldom mentioned in the TORAH as separate entities… look at the Sabbath covenant prophesy where all is mentioned (the son, the daughter, … the foreigner…) but not the wife. What the husband does, the wife do… etc. or this is how it was meant to be from the beginning… mankind made in the image of a spiritual androgynous entity (outside any sexual understanding / meaning) but with inability to function independently. The order we belong to is a family code according to the “king / teacher / priest of righteousness”, the Malek Tsadek.
Noach is a very interesting study as he disrobed himself (as priest) and one of his sons who respectfully covered him, then blessed Avram at the aftermath of the battle of the kings. Even though Avram has killed one of Shem’s other grandsons (Avram was one)… Shem being referred to as “King of Righteousness”.
Thank you, Pieter. All that was helpful to me. I, too think that Shem was the one who returned the family honor to his father, and who took up the priesthood after the original Order. That has always made the most sense to me. That bit about the wives was also helpful. Where did you get your information? How have you come to that understanding? Could I ask? Is it oral lore?
I believe your connection of the two is in the right direction. Echad governs. But there is a lot more to be said on this topic, and I don’t have time right now. I’ll write something about this in the future.
In particular, the spiritual exegesis of the Ham/Shem incident ignores sub-text assumptions and some cultural stuff. We will have to look very carefully at that story and its implications.
clearly Paul recognizes the role of priestess, as the mention of the four daughters indicates. Plus Miriam and others.
But is there an unlinked case.
mirriam was special, that was what she was so harshly judged… like A herons first sons.
But again she was covered by her brother (surrogate father) moshe.
Rebecca ‘ s situation was different.
What is coming up to me exponentially is the role of the wife.
not as a scapegoat but as a facilitator.
HOW MUCH ESTROGENICITY IS THERE IN THE SUBSTANCE OF YESHUA! !!!!!!!!!!
By the way this is a relative new (2 weeks) revelation / thorn to me.
You might have to elaborate that capitalized sentence for me to understand.
Not to mention the “Bride” of the Messiah! (our Near-Kinsman Redeemer) – and the wedding feast of the Lamb yet to be!
Priests, kings, and saints! – Will I see you there?
Loved this.