Some Naked Facts About Man #3

ERVAH

"That word 'Naked' sure conjures up some strange thoughts and feelings.

It's almost a gooey sound, like in 'ooooooh, he's nekked'.

And then you shiver at the thought". Boyd Allen

Does God shiver at the thought? Or is He cool with it?

Now you might say "Yeah but, what about where it says in the bible to not uncover your [neighbors] nakedness? And also about the priests rear end showing during worship services? And what about Noah and his son's?

We would be referring to Leviticus 18:6-24, Exodus 20:26 and also Genesis 9:20-24.

You are correct. And we don't. First, we don't build steps up to alters. The purpose behind that was to keep the people who would be looking up, from confusing this worship service with the ones in Egypt where sexual worship was going on. If you would notice, they were not commanded to cover themselves when on a ladder, or other high places while working or at any another time. And it was a command to the priests, not the people! At that time, even the priests needed to be reminded that they were still in their sins and are still separated from God. They were still spiritually naked, thus the word "nakedness".

Next is the uncovering part. Don't. Do not uncover your neighbors' nakedness, especially if they are in a vulnerable condition such as drunk like Noah. If they don't want to be nude, then leave them alone. Even we don't force nudity on others. It does not say that physical nudity is wrong, just don't have sexual relationships outside of your marriage relationship. Incest is the major problem here. Most other translations usually say "do not have sexual relations with...". The King James translators were very careful at the time of original translation to say "uncover" or use the word "knew" as in "Abraham knew Sarah and had a son". Instead, they shied away from the word "sex" just to keep it out of the bible. They were very prudish. Sex is all that it means. Nothing more.

And then we come to Noah. He was drunk. Apparently, one of his grandsons had taken advantage of his fathers drunken and nude state and had done something. It does not say specifically. The word 'saw' in this case is a difficult word because it is more than just casual notice. See #7200. He did more than just 'see' him naked. He saw him naked as in "looky here brothers, ol' man Noah is nekked and drunk and we could do what we want!" Well, fortunately, his brothers had more sense than that and respectfully covered their father's nakedness. Not that his physical nude state was shameful.

Other places in the bible where nakedness is presented, it is not borne out of physical nudity, but of spiritual shame from the result of sin. God many times have said, "I see their nakedness" as if He continues to remind us (taunting us?) of our spiritual state despite the fact that we are physically clothed and are trying to hide from Him. Covering our bodies physically did nothing for us spiritually. Do you still do that?

God sees our nakedness now, even though we are clothed. Please come before Him and exposed, so He can clean you and put on you robes of righteousness. Don't be like Adam and Eve. Repent and be baptized and be filled with the Holy Spirit and you will no longer have anything come between you and God the Father. To borrow a line from the Wizard of Oz, "Come out, come out wherever you are!" (Glinda, the good witch).