On Being Clothed

On Being Clothed

Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

Pro 29:18  Where there is no^H369 vision,^H2377 the people^H5971 perish:^H6544 but he that keepeth^H8104 the law,^H8451 happy^H835 is he.

Exo 32:25 KJV+  And when Moses^H4872 saw^H7200 that^{H3588 (H853)} the people^H5971 were naked;^H6544 (for^H3588 Aaron^H175 had made them naked^H6544 unto their shame^H8103 among their enemies:)^H6965

perish:^H6544

naked^H6544

H6544

פּרע

pâra‛

paw-rah'

A primitive root; to loosen; by implication to expose, dismiss; figuratively absolve, begin: - avenge, avoid, bare, go back, let, (make) naked, set at nought, perish, refuse, uncover.

Lev 10:6  And Moses^H4872 said^H559 unto^H413 Aaron,^H175 and unto Eleazar^H499 and unto Ithamar,^H385 his sons,^H1121 Uncover^H6544not^H408 your heads,^H7218 neither^H3808 rend^H6533 your clothes;^H899 lest^H3808 ye die,^H4191 and lest wrath come^H7107 upon^H5921 all^H3605 the people:^H5712 but let your brethren,^H251 the whole^H3605 house^H1004 of Israel,^H3478 bewail^{H1058 (H853)} the burning^H8316 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 hath kindled.^H8313

Lev 13:45 KJV+  And the leper^H6879 in whom^H834 the plague^H5061 is, his clothes^H899 shall be^H1961 rent,^H6533 and his head^H7218 bare,^H6544 and he shall put a covering^H5844 upon^H5921 his upper lip,^H8222 and shall cry,^H7121 Unclean,^H2931 unclean.^H2931

2Ch 28:19 KJV+  For^H3588 the LORD^H3068 brought^{H3665 (H853)} Judah^H3063 low because of^H5668 Ahaz^H271 king^H4428 of Israel;^H3478 for^H3588 he made Judah naked,^{H6544 H3063} and transgressed^H4603 sore^H4604 against the LORD.^H3068

Pro 1:22-30 KJV+  How long,^{H5704 H4970} ye simple ones,^H6612 will ye love^H157 simplicity?^H6612 and the scorners^H3887 delight^H2530 in their scorning,^H3944 and fools^H3684 hate^H8130 knowledge?^H1847  (23)  Turn^H7725 you at my reproof:^H8433 behold,^H2009 I will pour out^H5042 my spirit^H7307 unto you, I will make known^H3045 my words^H1697 unto you.  (24)  Because^H3282 I have called,^H7121 and ye refused;^H3985 I have stretched out^H5186 my hand,^H3027 and no man^H369 regarded;^H7181  (25)  But ye have set at naught^H6544 all^H3605 my counsel,^H6098 and would^H14 none^H3808 of my reproof:^H8433  (26)  I^H589 also^H1571 will laugh^H7832 at your calamity;^H343 I will mock^H3932 when your fear^H6343 cometh;^H935  (27)  When your fear^H6343 cometh^H935 as desolation,^H7722 and your destruction^H343 cometh^H857 as a whirlwind;^H5492 when distress^H6869 and anguish^H6695 cometh^H935 upon^H5921 you.  (28)  Then^H227 shall they call upon^H7121 me, but I will not^H3808 answer;^H6030 they shall seek me early,^H7836 but they shall not^H3808 find^H4672 me:  (29)  For that^{H8478 H3588} they hated^H8130 knowledge,^H1847 and did not^H3808 choose^H977 the fear^H3374 of the LORD:^H3068  (30)  They would^H14 none^H3808 of my counsel:^H6098 they despised^H5006 all^H3605 my reproof.^H8433

Pro 4:7-19 KJV+  Wisdom^H2451 is the principal thing;^H7225 therefore get^H7069 wisdom:^H2451 and with all^H3605 thy getting^H7075 get^H7069 understanding.^H998  (8)  Exalt^H5549 her, and she shall promote^H7311 thee: she shall bring thee to honor,^H3513 when^H3588 thou dost embrace^H2263 her.  (9)  She shall give^H5414 to thine head^H7218 an ornament^H3880 of grace:^H2580 a crown^H5850 of glory^H8597 shall she deliver^H4042 to thee.  (10)  Hear,^H8085 O my son,^H1121 and receive^H3947 my sayings;^H561 and the years^H8141 of thy life^H2416 shall be many.^H7235  (11)  I have taught^H3384 thee in the way^H1870 of wisdom;^H2451 I have led^H1869 thee in right^H3476 paths.^H4570  (12)  When thou goest,^H1980 thy steps^H6806 shall not^H3808 be straitened;^H3334 and when^H518 thou runnest,^H7323 thou shalt not^H3808 stumble.^H3782  (13)  Take fast hold^H2388 of instruction;^H4148 let her not^H408 go:^H7503 keep^H5341 her; for^H3588 she^H1931 is thy life.^H2416  (14)  Enter^H935 not^H408 into the path^H734 of the wicked,^H7563 and go^H833 not^H408 in the way^H1870 of evil^H7451 men.  (15)  Avoid^H6544 it, pass^H5674 not^H408 by it, turn^H7847 from^{H4480 H5921} it, and pass away.^H5674  (16)  For^H3588 they sleep^H3462 not,^H3808 except^{H518 H3808} they have done mischief;^H7489 and their sleep^H8142 is taken away,^H1497 unless^{H518 H3808} they cause some to fall.^H3782  (17)  For^H3588 they eat^H3898 the bread^H3899 of wickedness,^H7562 and drink^H8354 the wine^H3196 of violence.^H2555  (18)  But the path^H734 of the just^H6662 is as the shining^H5051 light,^H216 that shineth^H215 more and more^H1980 unto^H5704 the perfect^H3559 day.^H3117  (19)  The way^H1870 of the wicked^H7563 is as darkness:^H653 they know^H3045 not^H3808 at what^H4100 they stumble.^H3782

Pro 29:18  Where there is no^H369 vision,^H2377 the people^H5971 perish:^H6544 but he that keepeth^H8104 the law,^H8451 happy^H835 is he.

Gen 9:20-23 KJV+  And Noah^H5146 began^H2490 to be an husbandman,^{H376 H127} and he planted^H5193 a vineyard:^H3754  (21)  And he drank^H8354 of^H4480 the wine,^H3196 and was drunken;^H7937 and he was uncovered^H1540 within^H8432 his tent.^H168  (22)  And Ham,^H2526 the father^H1 of Canaan,^H3667 saw^{H7200 (H853)} the nakedness^H6172 of his father,^H1 and told^H5046 his two^H8147 brethren^H251 without.^H2351  (23)  And Shem^H8035 and Japheth^H3315 took^{H3947 (H853)} a garment,^H8071 and laid^H7760 it upon^H5921 both^H8147 their shoulders,^H7926 and went^H1980 backward,^H322 and covered^{H3680 (H853)} the nakedness^H6172 of their father;^H1 and their faces^H6440 were backward,^H322 and they saw^H7200 not^H3808 their father's^H1 nakedness.^H6172

Lord God Almighty Prince of Peace, Life-giving Spirit, Abba, may every breath I am given move me to Love and to give love to You and to my neighbor. Let Love lead me and guide me and sanctify me. CAUSE me by Love to love, to love You and love my neighbor. You ARE Love and You ARE Jesus. You made us in Your Image and Likeness. Restore me and all your Body’s members to be the loving Body and the loving Bride who will and does love Love and love to love others! 

God is so profoundly Good. “…to be at Your right hand forever to me will be happiness ALWAYS!” In EVERY way and for ALL time God does make His own happy, blessed, full of joy, and glad, and exceedingly glad. We will be unwilling and unable to refrain from His courtship, His betrothal and the consummation of His even OUR Love. If a man and woman leave mom and dad and cleave becoming one flesh, how much more will we leave all else to cleave in spirit to the One who cleaves to US! “We are ONE in the Spirit we are ONE in the Lord…”

What things unsettle me? You? What moves me to the right or the left? It really can’t be God, can it?

Pro 4:25-27 KJVR  Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.  (26)  Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.  (27)  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

The devil never found anything of himself in Jesus. As my facebook friend pointed out, Jesus did not have a sin nature. Not ever. But I do, and all humans do. We were all born of Adam’s fallen nature. Eve was deceived. Adam listened to her forgetting what God had instructed Him NOT to do. The result? They were naked and ashamed.

The theme of being clothed started with fig leaves which were quickly replaced by animal skins. Certainly blood was shed when God clothed Adam and Eve. Noah was found naked. Ham gossiped it and his brothers humbly clothed Noah.

Leviticus 8 American Standard Version (ASV)

8 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; 3 and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting. 4 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting. 5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done.

6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 8 And he placed the breastplate upon him: and in the breastplate he put [a]the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he set the [b]mitre upon his head; and upon the [c]mitre, in front, did he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

1 Chronicles 15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen.

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

2 Chronicles 6:41 Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

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I will be looking for this theme as I read. Please pray for me as I want to read from cover to cover before I pass from this jar of clay. I have not done it yet.