Genesis 3:21 The Best Dress


Genesis 3:21 “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.” 

Here we have God making again. God as Creator and God as Redeemer are two identities that cannot be separated. He makes clothes to cover the guilty pair, and the material he uses is skin. You can’t take the hide off an animal without taking its life. So with this first animal sacrifice, God explained the sacrificial system and its meaning, pointing forward to His sacrifice as the lamb of God (See Genesis 4:3-7, Proverbs 27:26). 

God remains the source of the clothing we need today! He gave His life to remedy the nakedness of your soul. Won’t you accept the robe of His righteousness? As with Adam and Eve, putting on the change of garment signifies a change in relationship to God from one of guilt, hiding, and the self-justification of dead works, to one of humility, repentance, faith, and acceptance of His covering by the sacrifice of Christ, the Lamb of God. Stop hiding from Him! Stop trying to cover the rottenness of your heart and soul with the fig leaves of your own dead works.

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