Nothing to Wear

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.  Ephesians 6:11  NIV Full armor – Body armor.  Every civilization has some form of personal physical protection.  Paul uses a term that was quite familiar to his audience.  After all, they observed the Roman legionnaire’s equipment daily.  The…

Blinded by the Light

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. Genesis 3:7 NASB Opened – Your eyes are opened! What do you see? If you were in the Garden, you would see that when your eyes were opened…

Revealed!

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. Genesis 3:7 Naked – Why did Adam and Havvah realize they were naked?  Were they in such a joyous stupor prior to eating from the Tree that they just…

Temas de Privacidad

Y cosieron hojas de higuera y se hicieron delantales. Génesis 3:7 Delantales – Como descubrió Adán, las hojas de higo no funcionaron muy bien. Rembrandt pudo haberlas utilizado para cubrir ciertas partes del cuerpo, pero no creo que ese sea el punto de este texto. La palabra hebrea para delantal es hagore´, de la raíz…

Privacy Issues

And they sewed leaves of the fig tree and made loin coverings for themselves. Genesis 3:7 Loin Coverings – As Adam discovered, fig leaves don’t really do the job. Rembrandt might have used them to cover certain parts of the body, but I don’t think that is the point of this text. The Hebrew word…