RE: Is there any core feature of christianity not found in other religions
February 23, 2014 at 10:49 am
Chad, to borrow from Dawkins- we are working on it, I am sure we will find the answer (to the mechanics of the curse).
A slick way of saying, "I don't know".
Why they suddenly realized they were naked- the light and glory that they were enveloped in disappeared.
Note that God Himself killed animals to give them skins to wear.
This involved the shedding of blood. A foreshadow of both the Old Testament Atonement and the New Testament Redemption.
As I mentioned before, a legal issue.
God ordered the destruction upon - the genetically related offspring of the Nephilim (remember the giants?) who were completely wicked. Destruction was decreed to protect the Hebrew people and their genetic line.
The same principle was involved prior to the flood and was it's cause.
A slick way of saying, "I don't know".
Why they suddenly realized they were naked- the light and glory that they were enveloped in disappeared.
Note that God Himself killed animals to give them skins to wear.
This involved the shedding of blood. A foreshadow of both the Old Testament Atonement and the New Testament Redemption.
As I mentioned before, a legal issue.
God ordered the destruction upon - the genetically related offspring of the Nephilim (remember the giants?) who were completely wicked. Destruction was decreed to protect the Hebrew people and their genetic line.
The same principle was involved prior to the flood and was it's cause.
