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PICTURES OF SALVATION.

GENESIS 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

The first clear picture of salvation in the Bible is found here in Genesis chapter 3.
Adam and Eve had disobeyed God, and had brought death upon the whole world. Sin had entered the human race, and this black beast that still rears its ugly head in all walks of life today, had destroyed the lives of the first man and woman. The darkness of the soul that always comes when someone realizes their separation from God was now the acting force in the lives of Adam and Eve. Adam, the first man, who had enjoyed the sweet fellowship of God on a daily basis, as he walked with God in the cool of the evening, now hid himself from the One who had been so special.
Sin, what an awful influence it is on the lives of each of us. What can be done about this horrible problem? God in His infinite wisdom, and ultimate mercy, had already provided the solution. "Before the foundation of the World," God had ordained that Jesus Christ would come as the Sacrifice for all the sins of mankind. What good would that do Adam, however, Jesus was not to come for a very long time. Again, God had the solution, as a picture of Jesus' perfect death, God slew an inoccent animal, and provided the covering for the sins "of the World" (Adam and Eve). All that Adam and Eve had to do was accept this covering. Friend, on a hill near Jerusalem, on an old rugged cross, a PERFECT, SINLESS man named Jesus died for YOUR SIN. Just like the first humans had to accept the covering that God provided, so YOU MUST ACCEPT THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST AS THE ONLY COVERING FOR YOUR SIN. God's provision is based on His love, YOU CAN BE SAVED TODAY IF YOU WILL ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS GOD'S COVERING FOR YOUR SIN.