Burden to Impart:

God loved man even after he sinned against God and failed Him, so before God punished man He provided a cover for man's nakedness.

Memory Verse:	"But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
Facts to Teach:	(Scripture reading: Gen. 3:21-24)

1. After God punished man, He did not kill man, nor did He forsake man and leave him to live the rest of his life in nakedness and shame. Instead, He killed two of His creatures (probably lambs) and used their soft, furry wool to cover Adam and Eve and to keep them warm. This was because Adam would still have many, many years to live on the earth before he died. In God's sight, all of those years were just a little less than one day (2 Pet. 3:8).
2. Also, God drove Adam and Eve out of the garden so that they could not eat of the tree of life. There was now a separation between God and man, until the Lord Jesus would come many years later. Then through His death our naked condition of shame could be forgiven and covered. Then we could be brought back to enjoy God as our tree of life.