Nudity, and the human condition as fallen is brought into discussion, again. The writer “Joe M” at “Yahoo! Answers” posted the following:
If God made us nude, why should we wear clothes except on cold days? God must think we are crazy !?
THE BATTLE AXE: Appetite (10/14/2010)—While appetite and arousal are undercurrents in all sexual activity, sexual joining (even by holding hands, or a kiss on the cheek--oral sex) is never simply a mechanical, and physical act. Sexual encounters all are marked by emotional, intellectual, psychological and spiritual elements as well. The complete mix may include errors in judgment, false expectations, fantasies, and overwhelming visceral stimulation. From this, we have the idea that sexual activity is complex, dangerous, risky, and unpredictable. In the same way all men and women are born with the kinesthetic sense we call “a fear of falling,” also all are born with a fear of sexuality. (In learning to walk we suppress, and never fully overcome or remove the fear of falling. Rightly understood, we go forward when walking by repeatedly falling, catching ourselves, and rebalancing. As a result, our maturity is marked by the quickness and smoothness of our movement, and the continuous control of our fear.) There is actually little human control, and outcomes of full sexual intercourse are never the same twice: depression, discontent, disease, pain, pregnancy, shared satisfaction. Knowing sex is unpredictable, mature persons seek to caution, counsel, instruct, and shield those who are ignorant, immature, inexperienced, underdeveloped, and vulnerable.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2nd Corinthians 4: 13-18)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Fall of Adam (10/05/2010); Divine DNA (09/20/2010) Coping? (10/03/2010); Eve Blameless? (09/07/2010); Rededication? (09/05/2010); Satan Created? (08/28/2010); Our Bodies (08/11/2010); Dress Codes? (06/11/2010); Skinny Jeans? (06/09/2010)
Many mature Christian believers have been blessed to receive the following truths:
GOD fully understands and correctly values the devastating blow to mankind and all Creation that has resulted from disobedience, and sin. The human condition was never intended to display the many consequences of sin that now are customarily seen and experienced. By eating the forbidden fruit, and transgressing the direct commandment of GOD, the human will introduced unforeseen and unintended elements. Included were corruption, decay, doubt, fear, forgetting, evasiveness [i.e., seeking to disguise ones feelings and thoughts from close contacts], iniquity [i.e., imbalance, inequality], pain, self-destruction, and shame. Sin is subject to neither human nor divine will; and just as GOD does not cause or generate sin, GOD is not the source for such products from sin as anger, bereavement, bitterness, depression, despair, insanity, murder, stress, or suicidal tendencies.
The original spiritual endowment for Adam [i.e., the name given by GOD to both the male and female] provided an aura, a light, that served as the outward covering for the pair. Acceptance, beauty, grace, joy, and love within radiated, and shimmered about the pair through their communion and contact with GOD. Until the woman was deceived and the male chose to join her by rebellion, there was no need for physical coverings against the climate or weather. Once their sin came before GOD [i.e., judgment—resolution of conflict; settlement of dispute], re-valuing of human spirit-content and the earth as mankind’s environment became vital to their survival. Thus, the Scripture teaches GOD cursed the earth “for their sakes,” not the destruction of mankind.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, the sentence of death was passed upon mankind, however, Adam and other of the patriarchs are recorded as having lived for more than nine-hundred fifty years (almost one millennium, a thousand years)! Without air pollution from automobiles, water pollution from litter and dead batteries, or diet and health issues from pesticides used on fruits and vegetables, the natural course of physical human life still continued to be on a high level. More than this, at a time when there were no books, broadcast media, and other communications technology, the experiential knowledge of GOD continued on the earth through the device of human vessels [i.e., the priesthood].) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
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