Post by Allyn on Nov 2, 2008 8:21:07 GMT -5
This is not firmly established in my mind. However as I consider the fact that Adam and Eve discovered themselves to be naked it made me wonder what it was that shielded their eyes from this fact before.
Hear me out on this as I contemplate the reason why out loud.
I am thinking that there was a sort of life-glow that covered the bodies of Adam and Eve in their innocence. That life-glow, I'll call "glory." Then when they sinned, the glow or glory left and they saw that they were naked. It seemed that they thought that covering the nakedness was important because they were different from what they looked like before the sin. When Christ was on the mount of Transfiguration, He glowed or was glorified as He, Moses and Elijah talked about the Exodus. This beginning glow with Adam and Eve must be connected with the resurrection or immortal life. In the day that Adam and Eve sinned, they died. It seems that the glow diminished in that day also, causing them to look for a covering. When Jesus came out of the tomb He left his clothes behind and yet He was clothed at the time others spoke to Him. Where did His robe come from? Was this that was wrapped around Him GLORY? Jesus told the scribes and Pharisees that they did not seek His glory. Had they sought His glory they would never see death (John 8:49-51; Matthew 16:28; john 5:4; 7:20). Somehow, death is the opposite to glory.
Glory is connected with life and this life is different from physical life that we all share. In John 11:39-44 Jesus told Martha that she would soon see "glory" then said about the risen and clothed Lazarus, "Unbind him and let him go." Lazarus was without his burial robe as he stood resurrected from death. Was he clothed in something new? What was the "glory" that Martha saw? However, the word, "glory" does not fit that way with many other verses in the New Testament. I wish I could be certain about this. What else can explains it?
Maybe you can.
Hear me out on this as I contemplate the reason why out loud.
I am thinking that there was a sort of life-glow that covered the bodies of Adam and Eve in their innocence. That life-glow, I'll call "glory." Then when they sinned, the glow or glory left and they saw that they were naked. It seemed that they thought that covering the nakedness was important because they were different from what they looked like before the sin. When Christ was on the mount of Transfiguration, He glowed or was glorified as He, Moses and Elijah talked about the Exodus. This beginning glow with Adam and Eve must be connected with the resurrection or immortal life. In the day that Adam and Eve sinned, they died. It seems that the glow diminished in that day also, causing them to look for a covering. When Jesus came out of the tomb He left his clothes behind and yet He was clothed at the time others spoke to Him. Where did His robe come from? Was this that was wrapped around Him GLORY? Jesus told the scribes and Pharisees that they did not seek His glory. Had they sought His glory they would never see death (John 8:49-51; Matthew 16:28; john 5:4; 7:20). Somehow, death is the opposite to glory.
Glory is connected with life and this life is different from physical life that we all share. In John 11:39-44 Jesus told Martha that she would soon see "glory" then said about the risen and clothed Lazarus, "Unbind him and let him go." Lazarus was without his burial robe as he stood resurrected from death. Was he clothed in something new? What was the "glory" that Martha saw? However, the word, "glory" does not fit that way with many other verses in the New Testament. I wish I could be certain about this. What else can explains it?
Maybe you can.
