Review by simonabogdan -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?
-
simonabogdan
- Posts: 5
- Joined: 14 Mar 2019, 14:06
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 6
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-simonabogdan.html
- Latest Review: Who Told You That You Were Naked? by William Combs
Review by simonabogdan -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?
[Following is a volunteer review of "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" by William Combs.]
3 out of 4 stars
Share This Review
A soul-touching book, "Who Told You That You Were Naked? A Refreshing Reexamination of the Garden of Eden." by William E. Combs, offers a long-life learning story to the reader. From the very beginning, the book brings dynamic images that run one after the other just like in a movie. The book starts with the magnificent description of Eden, and of Adam and Eve's life in Eden. The story continues with the scene of Eve's decision of grabbing the forbidden fruit. The impulsive moment when Adam decides to trust his wife's analysis and bites the forbidden fruit lies in the centre of the book. This is the minute when Adam and Eve start feeling "embarrassed and naked in front of each other... They were ashamed of their nakedness." And here comes the question that the Lord addresses to them:"Who told you that you were naked?" This question represents the core of the book itself while "naked" becomes the keyword of the book.
I definitely liked this book and I realized that William E. Combs is a special reader, a revealer. The structure of the book, with its chapters, excerpts from the Bible, additional commentaries and explanations, and Questions for Study, makes anyone, regardless their religious concepts, understand each and every sentence. Almost every word and image represent an analogy of the modern world. Eve's question "Isn't it likely God planted it as convenient resource to make us wise so we can be more like the Lord we love?" makes you blink and think twice. Then, step by step, you become the witness of Adam and Eve's transformations and consequences of their disobedience. We come to understand that the question, which represents the title of the book, is addressed to Adam by the Lord in order "to identify the person - himself - who was the source of his feelings of nakedness".
Soon, we find out details about the kinds of death (physical death, relational death, spiritual death) that Adam, Eve and their descendants are going to experience just as they have been told: "In the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die!" Gradually, William E. Combs makes us understand that "the more faith we have, the more likely we will experience God working in our lives".
The author is very witty when it comes to characterizing the actors of this story. He offers you explicit situations and full dialogues that make you draw your personal conclusions regarding Adam and Eve, Abel and Cain and the serpent itself. But when you find and read the excerpts about the Lord, you may simply exclaim: "He is eternal and not bound by time, everything He achieves within His timeless dimension of eternity is also completed within the framework of time."
Besides its energetic tone and alluring images, the plot of the book can be easily followed and understood. The created dialogues among the characters and the Lord, their inner thoughts and transformations, their relationship with God before and after the disobedience act, their children's actions and reactions, and the promises they get from the Lord, determine the reader to fully embrace the final idea of the book: "The Lord clothes all believers in His righteousness through the relationship of faith." Thus, the book gently carries you from the notion of "nakedness" to the term of "clothing". Throughout the book, I could find just three minor editing errors that can be easily fixed.
"Who Told You That You Were Naked?" is a special book with touchable heroes and scenes. I am happy that I have read this book and I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. That is because there are pages that abound in religious commentaries that the reader might find boring. I strongly recommend this book to those who have never wondered about certain scenes and replicas in the Holy Bible. After reading it, they will watch things differently!
******
Who Told You That You Were Naked?
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Like simonabogdan's review? Post a comment saying so!
3 out of 4 stars
Share This Review
A soul-touching book, "Who Told You That You Were Naked? A Refreshing Reexamination of the Garden of Eden." by William E. Combs, offers a long-life learning story to the reader. From the very beginning, the book brings dynamic images that run one after the other just like in a movie. The book starts with the magnificent description of Eden, and of Adam and Eve's life in Eden. The story continues with the scene of Eve's decision of grabbing the forbidden fruit. The impulsive moment when Adam decides to trust his wife's analysis and bites the forbidden fruit lies in the centre of the book. This is the minute when Adam and Eve start feeling "embarrassed and naked in front of each other... They were ashamed of their nakedness." And here comes the question that the Lord addresses to them:"Who told you that you were naked?" This question represents the core of the book itself while "naked" becomes the keyword of the book.
I definitely liked this book and I realized that William E. Combs is a special reader, a revealer. The structure of the book, with its chapters, excerpts from the Bible, additional commentaries and explanations, and Questions for Study, makes anyone, regardless their religious concepts, understand each and every sentence. Almost every word and image represent an analogy of the modern world. Eve's question "Isn't it likely God planted it as convenient resource to make us wise so we can be more like the Lord we love?" makes you blink and think twice. Then, step by step, you become the witness of Adam and Eve's transformations and consequences of their disobedience. We come to understand that the question, which represents the title of the book, is addressed to Adam by the Lord in order "to identify the person - himself - who was the source of his feelings of nakedness".
Soon, we find out details about the kinds of death (physical death, relational death, spiritual death) that Adam, Eve and their descendants are going to experience just as they have been told: "In the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die!" Gradually, William E. Combs makes us understand that "the more faith we have, the more likely we will experience God working in our lives".
The author is very witty when it comes to characterizing the actors of this story. He offers you explicit situations and full dialogues that make you draw your personal conclusions regarding Adam and Eve, Abel and Cain and the serpent itself. But when you find and read the excerpts about the Lord, you may simply exclaim: "He is eternal and not bound by time, everything He achieves within His timeless dimension of eternity is also completed within the framework of time."
Besides its energetic tone and alluring images, the plot of the book can be easily followed and understood. The created dialogues among the characters and the Lord, their inner thoughts and transformations, their relationship with God before and after the disobedience act, their children's actions and reactions, and the promises they get from the Lord, determine the reader to fully embrace the final idea of the book: "The Lord clothes all believers in His righteousness through the relationship of faith." Thus, the book gently carries you from the notion of "nakedness" to the term of "clothing". Throughout the book, I could find just three minor editing errors that can be easily fixed.
"Who Told You That You Were Naked?" is a special book with touchable heroes and scenes. I am happy that I have read this book and I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. That is because there are pages that abound in religious commentaries that the reader might find boring. I strongly recommend this book to those who have never wondered about certain scenes and replicas in the Holy Bible. After reading it, they will watch things differently!
******
Who Told You That You Were Naked?
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Like simonabogdan's review? Post a comment saying so!
Latest Review: Who Told You That You Were Naked? by William Combs
