Tunics of skin” came from an
animal that died a violent death. Its blood was shed that they might have a
covering. But surely, it would have been a trivial matter for the LORD to
provide coverings without such an act. The creator of the universe can surely manufacture
clothing of wool, cotton or some other material. Why “Tunics of skin”? Why the
violent death?
There is nothing pleasant in what
took place here. We naturally recoil at the very thought of shed blood. It is
violent, gory and offensive. To be unaffected is to have a rather callous and
cold heart. And yet the LORD, whom we believe is filled with goodness and love,
is responsible.
Animal sacrifice, which will become
common place in the Bible, points to the cross. It prefigures the violent and
bloody death of the Son of God. Though man nailed Christ to the Cross it is
seldom appreciated that it is the Father who ordained His death. “Him, being
delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by
lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death” (Acts 2:23). The violent death
of the Son reveals God’s passionate hatred of sin.
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