Not doing apologetics today as a I catch up some back posts. Today this subject gets fun because of two interesting cases -- Saul and David get naked in public and in both cases God is involved.
1 Samuel 19:23-24 Chronicles Saul trying to find David but as he gets near his destination he get filled withe Spirit of God -- it has two effects: He prophesies and he strips off his clothes and lays naked all day -- notice this is what the Spirit of God causes him to do.
2 Samuel 6:12-23: This incident is a little more controversial but based on what Micah said -- in dancing before the Lord David uncovered himself. That is he showed himself. I would also note that David whore only the ephod so it is completely possible. Many modern interpreters say that in twirling around David showed his undergarments but that would not explain Micah's anger. What is puzzling is the fact that God sides with David. Micah is the one who pays by being barren the rest of her life for her outburst.
Both incidents are men naked in public -- one because of God and the other in praise to God. In the first we have God causing someone to be naked -- if getting naked in front of others nakedness is a sin in and of itself, then God just caused someone to sin. Clearly in nakedness and shame there is something else going on here. in the second, a person is exposing themselves to God and others but bears no shame.
Both actually represent something positive, the nakedness is symbolic of openness and vulnerability before God. In both cases God approved. There is some food for thought.
Next: Bathsheba's Bath
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