God skinned an animal?

Last week in class we talked about biblical references to food in the context of the moral eating of animals.

I'm a PK, (Pastor's Kid, duh.) so I didn't think that I would learn anything new.

However, as usual when I take a thousandth look at the Bible, I discovered something I'd never even thought of before.

Remington brought up a fascinating point about the first garments of Adam and Eve. God killed an animal to clothe them. I've always thought of God's relationship to animals as a caring one - God knows when "the sparrows fall" as Jesus explained in Matthew. However, caring for an animal and killing it may not be incompatible. Although I still see God's relationship to all of creation as a loving one, this Genesis passage made me think about how this love is manifested. God directly killed an animal and skinned it for Adam and Eve to wear. This relates directly to our class discussions about eating meat responsibly. I believe these verses show that it is possible to use animals for clothing and food in a responsible and moral way according to the Judeo-Christian tradition.

If God did it, so can we.