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to
eat?" Of course, we realize that because of sin, they knew they were
naked. Before they had sinned, they didn't think anything about their
nakedness. But after they sinned they made themselves clothes of fig
leaves. No doubt they thought quickly of something or they would have
chosen something more substantial than leaves. The leaves would soon

dry and crack, but they were so ashamed of their nakedness because of
their sin. Not only did they need a covering for their bodies but they
also needed a covering for their souls. God can't look upon sin with any
pleasure. Sin will cause us to be cast out of His presence. But oh, the
Lord is so very merciful and He told Adam and Eve that He had a plan
for them, so their sins could be covered as well as their bodies.
In Genesis 3:15 we read that God promised a Saviour. God spoke to the
devil, who had spoken through the serpent, and said, "I will put enmity
[or warfare] between thee [the devil] and the woman, and between thy
seed [Satan and his servants] and her seed [Christ and His followers]; it
[Christ] shall bruise thy head [Jesus broke or crushed Satan's power],
and thou [Satan] shalt bruise his heel." In other words we find a
promise in this Scripture of Jesus being born. Jesus was the seed of the
woman. In Luke 1:31-35 we read how the angel told Mary that she
would have a child even though she was a virgin. God would be the
father of this child. The angel said, "The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and ... that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called
the Son of God." Through Christ, sin could be conquered because He
was the Son of God, and not from the seed of man, yet He was called
the Son of man because He took upon Him flesh or the nature of man.
The seed of Satan are those who have yielded themselves to him and
are his servants. Jesus said to some who opposed Him, "Ye are of your
father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do." John 8:44. So
we note that the warfare would be between the seed of Satan and his
servants and the seed of the woman, or Jesus Christ and His followers.
Now who will conquer? God said that "her seed, it shall bruise thy
head." Jesus Christ would crush or break the power of Satan over
mankind and men would be able to become sons of God. Isa. 53:5 tells
us that Jesus "was bruised for our iniquities [or sins]." Praise God for
Jesus who conquered the enemy of our soul!
We have established the fact that sin displeases God. He punished
Adam and Eve and put them out of the garden, yet He gave them a
promise of a Saviour to come. It was over 4000 years before Jesus
came. During this time they offered a Lamb, which was a type of Jesus,
as a sacrifice for their sins. Today Jesus is our Saviour.
Let us note that in the 21st verse in Gen. 3, God killed an animal and
made Adam and Eve "coats of skin" to wear. It says that God "clothed

them." Clothed means "to cover." Here we find that it is a command for
us to wear clothing. Paul in the New Testament tells us to dress in
modest apparel. (I Tim. 2:9). In other words we are to be clothed. It is
still a sin to go without decent clothing today as it was in the Garden of
Eden.
Now one thing that God showed me in my search, was that because
Adam and Eve sinned, that sin passed down upon all the human race.
Adam was created holy and pure but when he sinned, he lost that purity.
When he had a son, the Bible tells us that his son was "after his
[Adam's] image" or had the principle of sin within him. (Gen. 5:3). The
Apostle Paul tells us "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death [spiritual death] by sin; and so death [or spiritual
separation from God] passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."
Romans 5:12. We see that every child who is born has that sin principle
within him. "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother
conceive me." Psa. 51:5. Then we read in the Bible in another place
where it says, "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go
astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies." Psa. 58:3. Thus the Bible
explains that children are born with a bent, or inclination, toward sin,
but if they die