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voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself." And He said,
"Who told you that you were naked?..." Also for Adam and hiswife Yahweh God made
tunics of skin, and clothed them.

To comprehend what is revealed through the act of Yahweh clothing Adam and his
wife it is necessary to understand the "seed principle." At the time of Adam's transgression
he did not yet have any offspring. The entire human race was "in Adam" in the form of his
seed. In Yahweh's eyes there is no distinction between a man and his seed. They are viewed
as one. The actions of Adam are truly the actions of all those who descended from him.
What transpired in Adam's life has borne consequences in the lives of all men as surely as
if the actions were their own.

Romans 5:18-19
So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so
through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. For as
through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the
obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

These words of the apostle Paul reveal the great importance of the seed principle.
Some may balk at the justice of God in attributing the sin of Adam to those who were yet
unborn. Yet, who would say God is unjust, or unmerciful, by imputing the righteousness of
Christ to mankind? The righteousness of Christ is imputed to us by the same principle as
the sin of Adam. Those born of Christ are His seed.

I Peter 1:23
For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is,
through the living and enduring Word of God.

By virtue of our being "in Christ" as His seed, everything Christ did is applied to our
account. By virtue of being "in Christ" His righteousness becomes our righteousness, His
death becomes our death, His resurrection, our resurrection.

Romans 6:5-8
For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also
be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with
Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer
be slaves to sin... Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with
Him...

How have we become united with Christ? By faith we believe what God has testified,
that we were "in Christ" when He fulfilled the righteousness of God, when He died and rose
again.

II Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature...

I Corinthians 1:30
But by His doing you are in Christ Yahshua, who became to us wisdom from God,and
righteousness and sanctification, and redemption...