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Review by Sylvia_home -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?
[Following is a volunteer review of "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" by William Combs.]
4 out of 4 stars
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The title gets my attention immediately as it is a focus on a specific occurrence, which had an everlasting impact on mankind’s destiny. It is an event that makes each of us who we are today, sinners redeemed. William E. Combs, Who Told You That You Were Naked? A Refreshing Reexamination of the Garden of Eden is an awakening read. The author seeks to give a deeper understanding to the circumstances leading to this major event for the unassuming readers who may have a simplistic take on this story.
Adam is given the mandate to take care of the garden by God. He is given instructions not to eat fruit from a certain tree but can indulge in any other in the garden. With time, he becomes lonely as the animals do not give him the perfect company. God creates Eve for him who is later deceived by a serpent to eat the forbidden fruit and convinces her husband to eat it as well. The resulting consequences of knowing good and evil after eating the fruit puts the first couple, Adam and Eve in an awkward position of realizing they are naked. God pushes them out of this great paradise to the hard-filled labor world. Sin enters into the world through this disobedience and affects humanity forever.
The detailed life of Adam and Eve’s days and the manual collection of foods and other valuable assets for the different climatic seasons put me right there in the garden walking with them. The first couple has a very short story and it makes us bible readers to have a feeble image of what it was that they left behind, or their feelings, their joys and their companionship. I must say this style hooked me to this book and made it thoroughly enjoyable. I found it exceptionally flowing and getting to the end of every chapter was effortless.
The author,has theological background and gives this book the advantage of explaining truths within the Bible in such a pure way that one finds themselves reflecting over and over. And who does not love testimonies? They are absolutely relevant to each chapter. The best for me was by his wife, “Oh you poor thing, you won’t even look me in the eye." She was talking to a handsome guy, who turned out to be a demon!
I give this book the 4 out of 4 stars. This book holds great and deep spiritual impact. They will be reflecting on what sin means to them coming from the history of Eden. Faith, God’s rest and other ways that the author gives that are vital in overcoming sin. I’d recommend the book first of all, to Christians because it is a book based on actual recorded Bible story. It expounds on the wellspring of good and evil as the author puts it. The other special group that would deeply appreciate it are the saved believers of Jesus Christ. I am always on the lookout for new truths about my journey with Jesus. William E. Combs has opened my eyes to the mighty love that God has for humankind. Did you know that God did not call the couples’ disobedience, sin? He even made them better garments before he cast them out of Eden.
The book has been based largely on the Bible, I feared I would have to routinely stop and refer to the Bible. However, the Bible passages are readily on the text. There is no need for you to go referring back again yourself which makes it superbly easy to read each chapter without necessitated stops.The call for Christians to be the salt of the earth has never a more relevant time than this. This hits home for me as a Christian believer to keep taking out the darkness in the world through the power of Jesus Christ.
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4 out of 4 stars
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The title gets my attention immediately as it is a focus on a specific occurrence, which had an everlasting impact on mankind’s destiny. It is an event that makes each of us who we are today, sinners redeemed. William E. Combs, Who Told You That You Were Naked? A Refreshing Reexamination of the Garden of Eden is an awakening read. The author seeks to give a deeper understanding to the circumstances leading to this major event for the unassuming readers who may have a simplistic take on this story.
Adam is given the mandate to take care of the garden by God. He is given instructions not to eat fruit from a certain tree but can indulge in any other in the garden. With time, he becomes lonely as the animals do not give him the perfect company. God creates Eve for him who is later deceived by a serpent to eat the forbidden fruit and convinces her husband to eat it as well. The resulting consequences of knowing good and evil after eating the fruit puts the first couple, Adam and Eve in an awkward position of realizing they are naked. God pushes them out of this great paradise to the hard-filled labor world. Sin enters into the world through this disobedience and affects humanity forever.
The detailed life of Adam and Eve’s days and the manual collection of foods and other valuable assets for the different climatic seasons put me right there in the garden walking with them. The first couple has a very short story and it makes us bible readers to have a feeble image of what it was that they left behind, or their feelings, their joys and their companionship. I must say this style hooked me to this book and made it thoroughly enjoyable. I found it exceptionally flowing and getting to the end of every chapter was effortless.
The author,has theological background and gives this book the advantage of explaining truths within the Bible in such a pure way that one finds themselves reflecting over and over. And who does not love testimonies? They are absolutely relevant to each chapter. The best for me was by his wife, “Oh you poor thing, you won’t even look me in the eye." She was talking to a handsome guy, who turned out to be a demon!
I give this book the 4 out of 4 stars. This book holds great and deep spiritual impact. They will be reflecting on what sin means to them coming from the history of Eden. Faith, God’s rest and other ways that the author gives that are vital in overcoming sin. I’d recommend the book first of all, to Christians because it is a book based on actual recorded Bible story. It expounds on the wellspring of good and evil as the author puts it. The other special group that would deeply appreciate it are the saved believers of Jesus Christ. I am always on the lookout for new truths about my journey with Jesus. William E. Combs has opened my eyes to the mighty love that God has for humankind. Did you know that God did not call the couples’ disobedience, sin? He even made them better garments before he cast them out of Eden.
The book has been based largely on the Bible, I feared I would have to routinely stop and refer to the Bible. However, the Bible passages are readily on the text. There is no need for you to go referring back again yourself which makes it superbly easy to read each chapter without necessitated stops.The call for Christians to be the salt of the earth has never a more relevant time than this. This hits home for me as a Christian believer to keep taking out the darkness in the world through the power of Jesus Christ.
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