THE COVERING OF JESUS CHRIST

²⁶ Then God said, "Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth." ²⁷ So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ²⁸ God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

⁸ The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. ⁹ Out of the ground the LORD God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

²⁵ And the man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.

^3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, [aaaahhh] "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" ² The woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; ³ but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'" ⁴ The serpent said to the woman, "You certainly will not die! ⁵ For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil." ⁶ When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.

¹² The man said, [aaaahhh] "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me some of the fruit of the tree, and I ate." ¹³ Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, [aaaahhh] "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." ¹⁴ Then the LORD God said to the serpent, …​ /

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

¹ You have searched me, LORD,
      and you know me.
² You know when I sit and when I rise;
      you perceive my thoughts from afar.
³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
      you are familiar with all my ways.
⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
      you, LORD, know it completely.
⁵ You hem me in behind and before,
      and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
      too lofty for me to attain.
⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
      Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
      if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
      if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
      your right hand will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
      and the light become night around me,"
¹² even the darkness will not be dark to you;
      the night will shine like the day,
      for darkness is as light to you.

¹ Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
² Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

⁷ "Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
⁸ Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin."

¹ LORD, You have been favorable to Your land;
You have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
² You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah
³ You have taken away all Your wrath;
You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.

⁹ Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: FF

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

I don’t know if we might consider a military uniform beautiful, but I can tell you this. I was a soldier in the US Army. The US Army didn’t ask me to provide my own uniform. It was supplied for me as a covering to designate and identify me as a soldier. All of my prior possessions, especially my clothes were all put away and a new and very different life began.

¹⁸ Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. ¹⁹ For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

¹³ Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

²⁰ But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹ For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

²⁶ For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷ For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.