He was naked, she was naked - who told you, you were naked?

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Their nakedness was one of purity, no guile between them, or guilt of anything done wrong. 

Before we get married Satan tries to tempt us to have sex outside of marriage. When we get married he tries to tempt you not to have enough or any. The enemy is aware of the sacredness and sweetness that comes in the purity of this union. It is a spiritual connection to God that is a mystery. When we engage in premarital sex, we are allowing ourselves to be uncovered and accused as such. The sacredness of being truly intimate is tainted. Sure we can recover, but there will be consequences. For example, David and Bathsheba had a love child that died. It might not be as drastic for you. But you will find that some shame will be attached to your experience that affect the blessings that God had in mind for you to walk boldly in. 

Why do you think  Adam, who was always naked suddenly be ashamed of his nakedness?

Today, Satan would have us believe that the feeling of "feeling guilty" will have us think we have destroyed our connection or relationship with each other or God. But if that was true, then mercy has no role, or grace no place in our lives. Feeling guilty is a good thing. Because guilt comes from the awareness that something needs to be fixed. It's the need to fix that something that drives us home to God's grace. That is what we should focus on, not the flaws or fault-line that got us there.

How can we know this, later in this love-story,  we find that God ranked second, when Adam chose death over eternal life, rather than to risk being separated from the love of his life forever. Instead he ate the forbidden fruit. It was an act of rebellion, but it was an act of love. He knew that marriage was to be eternal. He by choosing to eat that fruit and die with Eve would allow God to either save both or not to at all. God chose to save both, than to do away with all. He came and died Himself. So you, me and all whom choose life; to live for Him and with Him forever. 

The act of nakedness is a phenomenon in of itself. Some people are more comfortable naked than clothed, others not so much. But its the ability to get your mind to operate as if you are covered, knowing you are not that is key. Case in point, when Adam and Eve were sinless they were naked and were not ashamed. Then they sinned and were ashamed. But they were always naked? Why would the idea of being "ashamed" be interjected?

While nakedness is a language of intimacy, and being vulnerable. It's an act of being "revealed". When they were both naked before sin, before each other and God, they were covered in the language of intimacy and love. When sin entered  and they were revealed and accused of being uncovered from that intimacy and love, they became ashamed.  It was a lie that Eve bought from the enemy that led her to bite into the fruit. She was already "like" God.  She was already created in the image of Him. She already knew good and had no need to know evil. She saw that the fruit was good, because everything God had created is good. 

So God asked, "Who told you, you were naked?". He asked not because He didn't know, but because He wanted them to reveal what was uncovered about  them that left them feeling so ashamed of their presence mingling with His. Satan, the accuser had used the root of the same word but to expose, their undoing. In other words, Satan accused them of not doing, what they were suppose to do, by getting them to do what they shouldn't have done! This is the guilt that brings them to the place of feeling ashamed.

Be no longer ashamed of the state of your nakedness. Be not dismayed or discouraged, for the Lord our God is with you even in your nakedness and shame.You can be covered in the blood and love of Christ. Seek to be clothed in Him daily.