Where Are You?

I’m sure we’re familiar with the popular children’s game “Hide-and-Go Seek.” A group hides while the others search. For many this must bring back nostalgic memories.However, have you ever given thought to the origins of the childhood classic? Actually, we find the earliest real-life version of it in the Bible.“Now they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.” 1God: “Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’” 2Adam: “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” 3Now, clearly this wasn’t a lighthearted game being played. Adam and Eve had just eaten the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—thus rebelling against their Creator. Realizing their nakedness, they sewed together fig leaves in an attempt to cloak their guilt. 4Then we see five things