Why do these individuals have prophesied or praise
the Eternal without clothes?
Without clothes does
not mean naked, but without the clothes that characterized their function (type
a uniform). This also serves to show that true worship goes beyond any attire
that the world places on individuals.
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"And David danced before the LORD with all his
might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. And as the ark of
the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a
window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she
despised him in her heart. Then David returned to bless his household. And
Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was
the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the
handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! And David said unto Michal, It was
before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to
appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I
play before the LORD. And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be
base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of
them shall I be had in honour.” (2Sam 6.14,16,20-22).
Note
that Michal considered David as being without clothes because he,
instead of being with the realm robes, he was girded with a linen ephod.
However, in each case there
was a special reason for the Eternal One move His servants to prophesy in
this way:
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"Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great
well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where
are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in
Ramah. And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was
upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in
Ramah. And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel
in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore
they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?" (1Sam 19.22-24).
Here the Spirit of the
Eternal One came upon Saul, giving him an opportunity for him to return to
being who he really is (take the garments here represents this) and, along with
this, experience His presence in his life.
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"At the same time spake
the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and
loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And
he did so, walking naked and barefoot. And the LORD said, Like as my
servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and
wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; so shall the king of Assyria lead
away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked
and barefoot, even with their buttocks
uncovered, to the shame of Egypt." (Isaiah 20.2-4).
Isaiah had to prophesy
without his robes of prophet because he was prophesying about the bondage of
Egypt, when all they would go completely naked for slavery. However,
understand the difference: Isaiah has walked only "naked and
barefoot", while the Egyptians, besides going to captivity naked and
barefoot, they would also with their buttocks uncovered, which proves that the
nakedness of Isaiah was being without the prophetic garment.
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Dear sister Pamelasv,
Grace and mercy and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ok. Saul persued David
but God had him prophecy instead. Why on earth did Saul take his clothes off?
And wasn't there another prophet that did that? Typically doing that in public
would be considered sin...no?
I think it is kind of like when it says that
Isaiah prophesied naked for three years. It doesn't mean they were stark naked
with no clothing on at all. "Naked" in those cases, refers to only
wearing a plain tunic that served as an undergarment but still covered the male
genitalia.
I believe IE "shame" is associated
with it, or sexual relations, then it would be total nudity. See Genesis 3:7-13
and Matthew 18.
Great! Now Ezra, can you show how we can know
for certain how to determine which case is which throughout scripture?
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