Adam and Eve ... had no idea of religion; for hitherto they had needed none. It yet remained to be revealed as the divinely appointed means of healing the breach which sin had made between God and men.
Man having been made subject to evil, and consigned to the bondage of a perishing state, the Lord God repudiated their fig-leaf invention, and “appointed coats of skins” for their covering. In this testimony there is much expressed in few words. To appoint coats of skins implies a command for the sacrifice of animals whose skins were converted to this purpose. It also implies that Adam was the priest on the occasion, who presented himself before the Lord with the mediatorial blood. When the sacrifice was accepted, the offence was provisionally remitted; for the scripture saith: that it is not possible for the blood of animals to take away sins, (Hebrews 10:4). It was impossible, because if the death of a transgressor would have sufficed, then, Adam and Eve might have been put to death at once, and raised to life again. But this was not according to the divine wisdom.
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Author: John Thomas
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Bible reference(s): Genesis 3:21, Hebrews 10:4
Source: Elpis Israel.
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