{"id":16240,"date":"2020-01-24T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=16240"},"modified":"2020-02-15T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T19:36:27","slug":"are-you-naked-before-elohim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/24\/are-you-naked-before-elohim\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you &#8220;naked&#8221; before Elohim?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Adam-and-Eve.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16241\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 102:17, <em>Destitute<\/em>. <\/strong>Lit. naked; fig. poor or destitute. If we expect the Almighty Creator of the universe to hear our prayers, we must come before him naked and poor, devoid of all pride, facades and pretense. He sees us as we really are anyway, so why pretend that we\u2019re otherwise?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re really fooling no one but ourselves when we put on prideful pretenses. Adam and Eve were literally naked before Elohim and walked with him in perfect fellowship, until they sinned. After sinning, they clothed themselves to hide their nakedness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the first humans sinned, Elohim asked them, \u201cWhere are you?\u201d In other words, they were hiding their true selves behind a covering of fig leaves because of their guilt and shame due to sin. Thus Elohim was really asking them, where are your true selves without the masks and cloaks?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previous to their sinning, they were naked and unashamed. Afterwards, they were clothed and ashamed and separated from YHVH.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a lesson here. YHVH wants us to be truthful, open, honest with ourselves and with him as if totally naked. Only then will he hear our prayers, otherwise we\u2019re praying deceitful, empty and meaningless prayers, which is the Hebrew definition of the word <em>vain<\/em> as in <em>vanity<\/em>. 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