In the same way, my sin leaves me naked and exposed before the perfection of God with no covering for my shame and (apart from grace) I live in fear of punishment. The anxiety we feel just thinking about that teaches us our need for covering. There is no covering for them, both figuratively and literally, and so they are left feeling vulnerable and helpless.įCF: We can all identify with that on some level, if it is just through our dreams of showing up to school having forgotten to put on clothes that day. The nakedness intensifies the shame of the person. The goal was to combine physical pain with the psychological fear of nakedness in order to shame someone from going after certain behaviors and warn others of the consequences of such behavior. Through the 19th century, Staupenschlag (whipping, generally on the bare bottom) was standard practice in German states. In many cultures, public shaming of guilty individuals was common for many centuries. If you ask people what their number one fear would be, I would imagine that public nakedness would rank just behind public speaking (which for some feels like the same thing). Nothing invites more shame than being exposed. Here, like in Genesis 3, fresh rebellion breaks out, but God works even in the face of brokenness to begin redeeming His people. God’s covenant with Noah told us that even though man couldn’t go back to the perfection of Eden, God would make it possible to move forward to redemption through His covenant.
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