Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The First Freemason?
Who was the first Freemason? Easy! Adam.
"Why Adam?" you ask?
Well, remember when Adam and Eve sinned and they made aprons of fig leaves? Remember that the Lord made "coats of skins" to conceal their nakedness?
The Lord saw the deficiency of fig leaves and gave them animal skins instead. It is probable that these skins would've been nothing more than skirts or aprons to cover the most private parts of their bodies. (This would be in keeping with the more archaic definition of "coat.")
This, as even a layman knows, is the first sacrifice made for the sins of man. These "coats" would have been simple, fresh and, likely, somewhat bloody. There is, in my never to be humble opinion, no chance that this sacrifice would've been any other animal than a lamb. Therefore, making Adam, clothed in his pure, white apron, de facto, the first Freemason!
The purity that this time honored badge of Masonry represents would have been derived from the age old notion that the simplicity, innocence and whiteness of the lambskin represents the simplicity, innocence and righteousness of the faithful servant of God. The nakedness that was inadequately covered by the fig leaves was well covered by the lambskin that God Himself gave to man as a more than adequate veil for sin.
Alright, I'm obviously taking some poetic license here, but there's no doubt that our Masonic predecessors thought about this long before I did. This would've been a natural extension of the teachings of Masonry.
Yes, it would be absurd to think that Adam, or any other Old Testament saints, belonged to any proper, regular lodge. Still, it is the teachings, not necessarily the organization, of Masonry that will, should the Lord delay his return, endure through time immemorial.
Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
"Why Adam?" you ask?
Well, remember when Adam and Eve sinned and they made aprons of fig leaves? Remember that the Lord made "coats of skins" to conceal their nakedness?
The Lord saw the deficiency of fig leaves and gave them animal skins instead. It is probable that these skins would've been nothing more than skirts or aprons to cover the most private parts of their bodies. (This would be in keeping with the more archaic definition of "coat.")
This, as even a layman knows, is the first sacrifice made for the sins of man. These "coats" would have been simple, fresh and, likely, somewhat bloody. There is, in my never to be humble opinion, no chance that this sacrifice would've been any other animal than a lamb. Therefore, making Adam, clothed in his pure, white apron, de facto, the first Freemason!
The purity that this time honored badge of Masonry represents would have been derived from the age old notion that the simplicity, innocence and whiteness of the lambskin represents the simplicity, innocence and righteousness of the faithful servant of God. The nakedness that was inadequately covered by the fig leaves was well covered by the lambskin that God Himself gave to man as a more than adequate veil for sin.
Alright, I'm obviously taking some poetic license here, but there's no doubt that our Masonic predecessors thought about this long before I did. This would've been a natural extension of the teachings of Masonry.
Yes, it would be absurd to think that Adam, or any other Old Testament saints, belonged to any proper, regular lodge. Still, it is the teachings, not necessarily the organization, of Masonry that will, should the Lord delay his return, endure through time immemorial.
Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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