I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? (Genesis 3: 10-11)

I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. "Adam and Eve took off the body of the spirit and left God, so they feared God." In Genesis 3:7, "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. In the kingdom of God, the eyes are brightened (because they open their eyes to their righteousness), and they are afraid because they want to leave God in front of the holy God.

Why did they open their eyes to their righteousness? Because they wanted to be like God themselves, they took off the clothes of God's righteousness. In this land, since Adam was removed (by taking off the body of the spirit and wearing the body of the flesh), we are trying to weave the leaves (the law) of the fig tree (symbolizing Israel) to keep the law well and reach the righteousness given by God. Made themselves aprons. Is that God gives the law to the waist. So, through the law, God made them realize their sins. From Genesis 4, humans eventually did not realize and began to commit all kinds of sins.

The reason God appeared to Adam was to tell him, "You have left me." When God appeared, they hid in fear because they realized they were naked. Those who have left God are afraid of God. God is trying to tell Adam that he ate the fruit of a tree that made good and evil known. want to teach human beings who want to come to righteousness by taking off the clothes of God's righteousness.

In other words, eating the fruit of the tree that knows good and evil means that the perfect person in front of God will escape from God and become perfect with his own strength. God sent spirits who would say that they would be perfect on their own to the material world to fulfill their righteousness. However, in the garden of Eden (this land), human beings are deceived by snakes in the same way that they have sinned in the kingdom of God, so when God appears to humans with flesh, they are afraid. What God tells humans is that once they leave God, they can never become like God. So they realize that they are less than doing it themselves, and repent and return to God.

The spirits who came to this world had their own clothes in the kingdom of God, and they took them all off and came to this world and wore earthen flesh. When they go back to the kingdom of God, they will wear the kingdom's clothing (soil). This is regeneration and resurrection. However, if they continue to think they can become like God on their own, they will lose the chance to return. It was God's plan before the creation of the spirits of the kingdom of God to come to live on the earth and return to the kingdom of God again. What God reveals to Adam and Eve is to explain this, but they hide in fear. What is hidden is the expression that they have the will to achieve righteousness through their own efforts.

The Israelites trembled in fear as God appeared in the fire on Mount Sinai. God gave the Law to the Israelites, realizing that they were sinners through the Law, and wanted to return as God's people. However, not only did the people tremble in fear of God, but when Moses slowed down, they made themselves a golden calf and viewed it as God and worshiped idols. The people were unaware that they were the ones who left God. They thought they were God's people themselves, but God was telling them to keep turning.

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? (Genesis 3:11) At that time, there was no one but Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (this land), asking, "Who told them what was naked?" In other words, who didn't tell them, but because they ate the fruit of the tree that let them know good and evil, they found themselves to be naked. God tells them that they have become aware of it because they have fallen into their righteousness and take off the clothes of God's righteousness. God is telling this not only to Adam and Eve, but to all of their descendants. God tells us that "all human beings who want to achieve their righteousness are those who have eaten the fruit of the tree that knows good and evil in the kingdom of God." So, if we don't realize this, God reminds us that we cannot return to our original homeland, the kingdom of God.

Adam and his wife hid among the garden trees. There was one tree in the garden. It is a tree that knows good and evil. Among them, the tree of life is hidden. The tree of knowing good and evil means the law (water under the window), and the tree of life is the word of God's life (water on the window). The fact that Adam and his wife hid behind the law is an expression of self-righteousness through the law. The Israelites were hiding behind Moses because God was afraid of Mount Sinai. God has already told Adam and Eve where they should hide. In Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

In Exodus 33: 20-23 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.  And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. Face means God's presence. Those who are under the law cannot see God's face. The phrase "Father is in me and I am in the Father" means that God and I become one in the Holy Spirit. To be one is that when I become the dead on the cross with Jesus Christ, it happens. The phrase "Father is in me and I am in the Father" has a meaning in Christ. To be in Christ, we must be united with Christ on the cross.

"Behold, there is a place by my side, and you stand on the rock." The rock means Jesus Christ. "I put you in the gap between the rocks" This word is covered with power when God is in the dead Jesus Christ on the cross. Sinners cannot see God, but when they are in Jesus Christ, they will see God's back (trace), but not their face (presence). Moses is the father of the law. If you hide behind Moses (the law), you cannot become life. Therefore, it is only when you enter the gap of the rock (Christ) that you become life.

This is the same as Genesis 3:15. The serpent's descendants are all humans in the world, apart from God. Jesus said to the Israelites, "Snakes, children of vipers." God said to the serpent (Satan) that he would eat the earth forever. Soil refers to human beings who were born naked. Satan swallows up all who are trying to leave him. The descendants of women are Christ of promise. The reason God promises Christ is, "You have made yourselves fulfill your own righteousness on this earth, but you are never able to do so. That is why I promise that I will go to save you who repent and return. This promise has already begun from the first man, Adam, and is completed from the last Adam.

 

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