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Review by Enedane -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?
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4 out of 4 stars
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Who told you that you are naked by William E. Combs is an in-depth description of the events that took place at the Garden of Eden in the beginning of time, through which sin and death entered the world. It gave a clear understanding of God’s major reason for putting the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden. Explaining that Adam made a decision based on the test of his faith in God, as our faith is constantly tested. His choice made us all slaves to sin.
The book started with the introduction of Adam to himself, as he was totally unaware of anything that made him feel different from the animals around him. He tries to find companionship with lively, a pet sheep he had. During the time he shared with lively he discovers their interests were far apart and felt even lonelier. Adam was taken into the garden with a lush design with everything he needed already made available as he was instructed to enjoy all of it save one, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
God gave Adam the assignment of naming all the animals so he could realise that none of them could satisfy his need for companionship. Afterwards a woman was finally created from Adam, a perfect companion. The first commandment to be fruitful and multiply was given with a common purpose for both to work while fulfilling it.
Life for the couple started with Adam passing on instructions concerning the garden to his wife. The serpent capitalized on Eve’s lack of proper understanding of what the consequence of eating the forbidden fruit will be, combined with the longing to want to be more like God and tricked her into eating the fruit. When Eve brought the fruit to Adam, he also failed to dissuade his wife from taking part, seeing that there seem to be neither an apparent consequence nor immediate agonizing death, he obliged and ate. These incident lead to the spiritually and relational death of Adam and Eve from that day onward. The realization of their nakedness hit them first followed by the loss of an unhindered access and fellowship with God.
The title of the book who told you that you are naked was asked by God to Adam to show him that He (God) never saw them from a judgemental aspect, so whatever inadequacy they felt originated from him (Adam).
Throughout the book, Combs thoroughly dealt with a lot of pressing subjects from the issue of sin and its origin as illustrated through the ordeal between the offspring of Adam and Eve, to properly describing how sin imbibed through flesh finding ways to constantly present itself .He further brought in several references from the New Testament, in addition to the view of other authors on related subjects to better give insight.
In the concluding parts of this book, we were made to understand that the nakedness we feel has been ingrained through the falling short of Adam. God wanted to bring His people back to the original plan and rest, so He made a temporary way through atonement by animal blood until Jesus came to reconcile man back to God permanently.
The endnote was a reassurance that we have been made victorious by the death of Christ, all we need to do is enter into God’s rest through faith.
I liked that he illustrated the story from the Bible through his own perspective, bringing out salient points and reviewing them. The addition of the question and discussion section was a big plus.
I commend the review Combs did on the controversy that surrounds Adams passing on of God’s instruction to his wife. He also tried to give possible instances as to how Adam would have answered his wife when she brought the fruit to him, which could have ended up as a round table discussion between them and God, changing the entire turn of events.
The book was well illustrated and professionally edited, no typos or spelling errors noticed. It carries a strong message and is full of insight. If you are looking for something insightful and faith based, you’ve got it. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars.
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4 out of 4 stars
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Who told you that you are naked by William E. Combs is an in-depth description of the events that took place at the Garden of Eden in the beginning of time, through which sin and death entered the world. It gave a clear understanding of God’s major reason for putting the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden. Explaining that Adam made a decision based on the test of his faith in God, as our faith is constantly tested. His choice made us all slaves to sin.
The book started with the introduction of Adam to himself, as he was totally unaware of anything that made him feel different from the animals around him. He tries to find companionship with lively, a pet sheep he had. During the time he shared with lively he discovers their interests were far apart and felt even lonelier. Adam was taken into the garden with a lush design with everything he needed already made available as he was instructed to enjoy all of it save one, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
God gave Adam the assignment of naming all the animals so he could realise that none of them could satisfy his need for companionship. Afterwards a woman was finally created from Adam, a perfect companion. The first commandment to be fruitful and multiply was given with a common purpose for both to work while fulfilling it.
Life for the couple started with Adam passing on instructions concerning the garden to his wife. The serpent capitalized on Eve’s lack of proper understanding of what the consequence of eating the forbidden fruit will be, combined with the longing to want to be more like God and tricked her into eating the fruit. When Eve brought the fruit to Adam, he also failed to dissuade his wife from taking part, seeing that there seem to be neither an apparent consequence nor immediate agonizing death, he obliged and ate. These incident lead to the spiritually and relational death of Adam and Eve from that day onward. The realization of their nakedness hit them first followed by the loss of an unhindered access and fellowship with God.
The title of the book who told you that you are naked was asked by God to Adam to show him that He (God) never saw them from a judgemental aspect, so whatever inadequacy they felt originated from him (Adam).
Throughout the book, Combs thoroughly dealt with a lot of pressing subjects from the issue of sin and its origin as illustrated through the ordeal between the offspring of Adam and Eve, to properly describing how sin imbibed through flesh finding ways to constantly present itself .He further brought in several references from the New Testament, in addition to the view of other authors on related subjects to better give insight.
In the concluding parts of this book, we were made to understand that the nakedness we feel has been ingrained through the falling short of Adam. God wanted to bring His people back to the original plan and rest, so He made a temporary way through atonement by animal blood until Jesus came to reconcile man back to God permanently.
The endnote was a reassurance that we have been made victorious by the death of Christ, all we need to do is enter into God’s rest through faith.
I liked that he illustrated the story from the Bible through his own perspective, bringing out salient points and reviewing them. The addition of the question and discussion section was a big plus.
I commend the review Combs did on the controversy that surrounds Adams passing on of God’s instruction to his wife. He also tried to give possible instances as to how Adam would have answered his wife when she brought the fruit to him, which could have ended up as a round table discussion between them and God, changing the entire turn of events.
The book was well illustrated and professionally edited, no typos or spelling errors noticed. It carries a strong message and is full of insight. If you are looking for something insightful and faith based, you’ve got it. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars.
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