Ianterrell
Puritan Board Sophomore
Gen 3:6-11, 21
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make {one} wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."
And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Gen 9 20-29
"Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness."
What do these texts teach us about nudity? Adam and Eve experience shame when they understand their nakedness. But prior to eating from the Tree of Knowledge they were naked and it seems it was perfectly moral for them to be so. What happened?
In the Gen 9 text the sin seems to have been commited with Ham viewing his father's nakedness. Why else would the brothers enter the tent backwards?
This issue is particularly important for me as an artist I have seen many, many people nude. Was this a sin?
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make {one} wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."
And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Gen 9 20-29
"Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness."
What do these texts teach us about nudity? Adam and Eve experience shame when they understand their nakedness. But prior to eating from the Tree of Knowledge they were naked and it seems it was perfectly moral for them to be so. What happened?
In the Gen 9 text the sin seems to have been commited with Ham viewing his father's nakedness. Why else would the brothers enter the tent backwards?
This issue is particularly important for me as an artist I have seen many, many people nude. Was this a sin?