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DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT INSTRUCT US TO BE CLOTHED IN PUBLIC?
My answer to that is -----NO ----I don't think so ----it was God the Father -----and it started in Genesis with Adam and Eve -----see scripture below ----
Sin which brings Shame and Guilt instructs us to be clothed in public not God -------The Garden was holy ---it was created by God ---Adam and Ever were holy ----they were naked because they were born of God their hearts and minds were pure and holy ---there was no shame or guilt inbred in them ---just as Baby is born--- it is naked ----there is no shame or guild attached to the babies nakedness as far as the baby is concerned ---the parents cover the Baby's naked body ---
Adam and Eve Sinned ----this affected their hearts and minds creating vulnerability , shame and guilt them and these feelings produced Fear -- ---and fear doesn't come from God ---it comes from Satan who became the god of this world after Adam and eve Sinned ------they tried to cover their shame and guilt with fig leaves ----and God stepped in removed their fig leaves and gave them proper coverings from animal skins ------
So God the Father not the Holy spirit left it necessary to give them proper permanent clothing to live in this Fallen world ------
Genesis 3 says this ----Amp --see verse 10 -----
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool [afternoon breeze] of the day,
so the man and his wife hid and kept themselves hidden from the [d]presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to Adam, and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
11
God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten [fruit] from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?
I say ---I believe there may be some implication that nakedness is sinful in Scripture in the Old Testament ----
Exodus 20:24-26 NIV ----God the Father speaking here to Moses ----
Idols and Altars
24 “‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you.
25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.
26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’
Isaiah 47 NIV ---read verse 3
The Fall of Babylon
47 “Go down, sit in the dust,
Virgin Daughter Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
queen city of the Babylonians.[
a]
No more will you be called
tender or delicate.
2 Take millstones and grind flour;
take off your veil.
Lift up your skirts, bare your legs,
and wade through the streams.
3 Your nakedness will be exposed
and your shame uncovered.
I will take vengeance;
I will spare no one.”
I say --So I think God wants His Children to wear clothes in this fallen ---broken --wicked --world -----
Many Worldly people who are away from God will have no shame or guilt in exposing their nakedness to others ---as their hearts and minds are defiled and perverted -----
Satan has them ----
Luke 8:27 ---tells of a man possessed by a demon who lived naked in the tombs ---