Garments
Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed <B>fig leaves </B>together, and made themselves aprons. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of <B>skins</B>, and clothed them.
Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the <B>best robe</B>, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
Revelation 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Excerpt from "Behold the Fig Tree", http://www.goodnewsinc.net/v3gn/thfigtre.html
The fig tree FIG-ures into much about man and God's will. When sin was committed in the Garden of Eden, it was the leaves of the fig tree that were used to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve, Genesis 3:7. The Book of Adam and Eve, Apocalypse of Moses xx:4,5 in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament by R. H. Charles, gives the following account, <I>"And I began to seek in my nakedness, in my part for leaves to hide my shame, but I found none, for as soon as I had eaten, the leaves showered down from all the trees in my part, except for the fig tree only. But I took leaves from it and made for myself a girdle and it was from the very same plant of which I had eaten".</I> It is the budding of this tree and the shooting forth of its leaves which signifies the coming of the Son of Man, the Kingdom of Heaven, and <B>The Judgment</B>, Matthew 24:3; Luke 21:29. Here is the first origin of that sign: <I>"And in that same hour we heard Michael the Archangel blowing with his trumpet and calling to the angels and saying: Thus saith the Lord, come with me to Paradise and hear the judgment in which I shall judge Adam". And when God appeared in Paradise mounted on the chariot of His Cherubim with the angels proceeding before him and singing hymns of praises, all the plants in Paradise both in your father's lot and in mine broke out into flowers. And the throne of God was fixed where the Tree of Life was",</I> Books of Adam and Eve, Apocalypse of Mosis xxii. The fig tree is also the subject of a parable in which it was planted in the midst of a vineyard and twice Christ came searching for its fruit, Luke 13:6-9. This parable has profound significance as we shall see.
Look at the word F-I-G. By definition it means "a trifle, trivial, or frivolous". Something trifling is of little importance. To F-I-Gure means to reason, conclude, and to learn. So man is to reason, conclude, and to learn from the trifling incidents of sin that surround him daily. Now look at the word, G-I-F-"T". You see the letters F, I, G and T in it, or the GIF of the "T" or "cross" in it. Jesus was the G-I-F-T of forgiveness to save all men from their sins. "And thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sin", Matthew 1:21. So hanging from the cross, Jesus became the fruit of the spiritual FIG tree, the GIF"T" of forgiveness. Eating this fruit reverses the damage done from Adam's episode in the Garden. Just as Moses lifted up the brazen serpent on a stick in the wilderness and all those who had been bitten by the fiery serpents and looked at the serpent on a stick lived, even so all who saw Jesus hanging on the cross also lived! Moses' serpent on a stick had nothing on Jesus!
Now let us apply these concepts to the parables in the first paragraph. Fig leaves were used to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve. Sin itself represents spiritual nakedness or having no spiritual clothing on, Revelation 3:17-18. But charity or LOVE is the <B>F</B>-or-<B>GI</B>veness that covers sin, I Peter 4:8. "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be white as wool", Isaiah 1:17. "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen clean and white: for <B>fine linen is the righteousness of the saints</B>", Revelation 19:8. Like a garment it becomes a covering and confers righteousness as a "free gift" to all, Romans 5:17-19. Observe that the "prodigal son" was clothed in it, Luke 15:20-24. And this means to be like Christ in love and forgiveness and the hiding or putting away of all men's sins. It is the blood of Christ which covers and blots out all sin, Isaiah 44:22. "All things are of God, who hath reconciled us unto Himself by Christ Jesus and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES UNTO THEM, and hath committed unto us the WORD of reconciliation", II Corinthians 5:18-19. So the leaves of the spiritual fig tree is Jesus' blood. God Made Coats of Animal Skins
To cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve, God made coats of skins. An account in the Books of Adam and Eve (Lost Book of the Bible and Forgotten Books of Eden) says that a lion had slain a sheep and skin was left behind. This was used to make the coats of skin. Whatever the case may be, this incident has spiritual significance.
Psalm 49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
To cover sin and shame, many in all nations and religions have come up with cleansing rituals and incantations to absolve men from guilt, shame and reproach. Men with imperfect understanding are shamans, priests, imams, ministers, and witchdoctors in every culture. They are <B>human skins who are like the beasts who perish because they lack perfect understanding</B>. Now look at this:
Acts 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. 28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.<I>From Peters vision we learn that mankind is parabolized as animals on a sheet because they lack understanding</I> of their glory as well as knowledge of God. Human skins are the ministers of the various world religions who try to assuage the consciences of men from the shame and reproach of their sundry trespasses in their cultures. But their work is done in darkness and ignorance of the REAL GLORY. Peter tells us the real glory of God concerning absolvance fron sin. This is the end result of the original agreement between Father and Son concerning the salvation and cleansing work Father chose Jesus to do. Only Jesus could save the world and remove mans sin, Acts 4:10-12. That work was completed on the cross when Jesus gave up the ghost and said, "It is finished"! Peter makes it clear that ..."That which God has cleansed do not call it common or unclean". Jesus died for the sins of all humanity in the world for all times. Having taken these sins away (removed blame and charges for sin from mankind in a legal act) no man can be called "common or unclean" ... because the Lamb of God became mans covering for his nakedness. Not only was Cornelius CLEAN in the eyes of the Supreme Judge, but <B>every man right now is "CLEAN" and covered by the singular act of this Lamb!</B>John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed <B>fig leaves </B>together, and made themselves aprons. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of <B>skins</B>, and clothed them.
Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the <B>best robe</B>, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
Revelation 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Excerpt from "Behold the Fig Tree", http://www.goodnewsinc.net/v3gn/thfigtre.html
The fig tree FIG-ures into much about man and God's will. When sin was committed in the Garden of Eden, it was the leaves of the fig tree that were used to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve, Genesis 3:7. The Book of Adam and Eve, Apocalypse of Moses xx:4,5 in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament by R. H. Charles, gives the following account, <I>"And I began to seek in my nakedness, in my part for leaves to hide my shame, but I found none, for as soon as I had eaten, the leaves showered down from all the trees in my part, except for the fig tree only. But I took leaves from it and made for myself a girdle and it was from the very same plant of which I had eaten".</I> It is the budding of this tree and the shooting forth of its leaves which signifies the coming of the Son of Man, the Kingdom of Heaven, and <B>The Judgment</B>, Matthew 24:3; Luke 21:29. Here is the first origin of that sign: <I>"And in that same hour we heard Michael the Archangel blowing with his trumpet and calling to the angels and saying: Thus saith the Lord, come with me to Paradise and hear the judgment in which I shall judge Adam". And when God appeared in Paradise mounted on the chariot of His Cherubim with the angels proceeding before him and singing hymns of praises, all the plants in Paradise both in your father's lot and in mine broke out into flowers. And the throne of God was fixed where the Tree of Life was",</I> Books of Adam and Eve, Apocalypse of Mosis xxii. The fig tree is also the subject of a parable in which it was planted in the midst of a vineyard and twice Christ came searching for its fruit, Luke 13:6-9. This parable has profound significance as we shall see.
Look at the word F-I-G. By definition it means "a trifle, trivial, or frivolous". Something trifling is of little importance. To F-I-Gure means to reason, conclude, and to learn. So man is to reason, conclude, and to learn from the trifling incidents of sin that surround him daily. Now look at the word, G-I-F-"T". You see the letters F, I, G and T in it, or the GIF of the "T" or "cross" in it. Jesus was the G-I-F-T of forgiveness to save all men from their sins. "And thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sin", Matthew 1:21. So hanging from the cross, Jesus became the fruit of the spiritual FIG tree, the GIF"T" of forgiveness. Eating this fruit reverses the damage done from Adam's episode in the Garden. Just as Moses lifted up the brazen serpent on a stick in the wilderness and all those who had been bitten by the fiery serpents and looked at the serpent on a stick lived, even so all who saw Jesus hanging on the cross also lived! Moses' serpent on a stick had nothing on Jesus!
Now let us apply these concepts to the parables in the first paragraph. Fig leaves were used to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve. Sin itself represents spiritual nakedness or having no spiritual clothing on, Revelation 3:17-18. But charity or LOVE is the <B>F</B>-or-<B>GI</B>veness that covers sin, I Peter 4:8. "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be white as wool", Isaiah 1:17. "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen clean and white: for <B>fine linen is the righteousness of the saints</B>", Revelation 19:8. Like a garment it becomes a covering and confers righteousness as a "free gift" to all, Romans 5:17-19. Observe that the "prodigal son" was clothed in it, Luke 15:20-24. And this means to be like Christ in love and forgiveness and the hiding or putting away of all men's sins. It is the blood of Christ which covers and blots out all sin, Isaiah 44:22. "All things are of God, who hath reconciled us unto Himself by Christ Jesus and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES UNTO THEM, and hath committed unto us the WORD of reconciliation", II Corinthians 5:18-19. So the leaves of the spiritual fig tree is Jesus' blood. God Made Coats of Animal Skins
To cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve, God made coats of skins. An account in the Books of Adam and Eve (Lost Book of the Bible and Forgotten Books of Eden) says that a lion had slain a sheep and skin was left behind. This was used to make the coats of skin. Whatever the case may be, this incident has spiritual significance.
Psalm 49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
To cover sin and shame, many in all nations and religions have come up with cleansing rituals and incantations to absolve men from guilt, shame and reproach. Men with imperfect understanding are shamans, priests, imams, ministers, and witchdoctors in every culture. They are <B>human skins who are like the beasts who perish because they lack perfect understanding</B>. Now look at this:
Acts 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. 28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.<I>From Peters vision we learn that mankind is parabolized as animals on a sheet because they lack understanding</I> of their glory as well as knowledge of God. Human skins are the ministers of the various world religions who try to assuage the consciences of men from the shame and reproach of their sundry trespasses in their cultures. But their work is done in darkness and ignorance of the REAL GLORY. Peter tells us the real glory of God concerning absolvance fron sin. This is the end result of the original agreement between Father and Son concerning the salvation and cleansing work Father chose Jesus to do. Only Jesus could save the world and remove mans sin, Acts 4:10-12. That work was completed on the cross when Jesus gave up the ghost and said, "It is finished"! Peter makes it clear that ..."That which God has cleansed do not call it common or unclean". Jesus died for the sins of all humanity in the world for all times. Having taken these sins away (removed blame and charges for sin from mankind in a legal act) no man can be called "common or unclean" ... because the Lamb of God became mans covering for his nakedness. Not only was Cornelius CLEAN in the eyes of the Supreme Judge, but <B>every man right now is "CLEAN" and covered by the singular act of this Lamb!</B>John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
