In the beginning, in the garden, Adam and Eve felt no shame

Genesis 2:25

"The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame."

Moses, the author of Genesis, may have been looking back in time wistfully when he wrote this. This verse is a glimpse into the perfect peace and innocence that belonged to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. It is a state of being that we as fallen human beings cannot fully comprehend now.

However, God promises us in the Bible that by trusting in and following Jesus, we too can begin to experience, here on earth, the joy and peace that belonged to Adam and Eve in the garden before the fall. Luke 1:74-75 says that Jesus came "to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days." Also, God promises us that one day we will experience fully in heaven what Adam and Eve experienced in the garden before the fall. 1 Corinthians 15:49 says, "And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven."