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The word coat in the text doesn't refer to what we usually think by a coat. Heavy or loose outer garments that we put on to shield us from the cold. That's not the idea here. It's contrasted with the flimsy makeshift fig leaf aprons that Adam and Eve had that they had made themselves. This is a
The Hebrew word coat means tunic, a long shirt-like garment usually of linen. This word carries the meaning of covering, indicating a purpose of concealing from view. Thankful they should have been to receive a garment that covered more of their shame, as well as picturing the need for the sacrifice
These garments are purchased with the wages of unrighteousness and worn in the enjoyment of licentiousness. Not only women, but men wearing clothing too tight, too brief, and, as they say, “too sexy,” do adorn themselves with “the garment spotted by the flesh.” There is much in the garment industry
Though all of us agree that the world has overstepped the boundaries of modesty, where do we set our own limits? Since modesty is almost always associated with clothing, the Christian must regard the appearance as a special responsibility. Clothing was originally made to cover the body. The world no
Skin-tight clothing and what this reveals, something which we cannot elaborate on; uncleanness of which Paul says “let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints.’’ “Not since James Dean have I seen a pair of jeans so intentionally revealing’’, wrote one reviewer in the Detroit News concerni
Clothed With Christ (2) The wonderful truth is that we are clothed with the Lord Jesus, as we saw in the last issue of the News, for all of God’s elect, redeemed and regenerated people “have put on Christ” (Gal. 3:27). Here is John Calvin commenting on this text: “The greater and loftier the privil
I and my clothing make an identity in life.” And so, every day you wake up and you decide, in a way, how you express yourself by the clothing that you wear. You go down to the breakfast table. There you meet the other members of the family. Then at that point you somewhat, almost unconsciously, mak
Only God can provide this covering, as He did for Adam and Eve in their fallen state after their fig leaves failed to cover them. God gives us many beautiful promises concerning the way in which He will clothe us: "garments of salvation," "the robe of righteousness" (Is. 61:10), the "garment of prai
The judgment the Lord denounced on the daughters of Zion was that their beautiful hair, a woman's crowning glory, would go to baldness, and that they who delighted in flaunting their charms would experience shameful exposure and inhuman treatment in the rough hands of heathen conquerors thirsting fo
Now the human body is on display in swimwear and in normal everyday clothes (today what is in is more skin. Skin is on display in the world). 1) The fashion industry does not believe that the purpose of clothing is to cover the body, but the purpose of clothing is sexual attraction. 2) This is p