Sound advice Patricia. I leave the symbolism (prophesy) to others, for I have no insight into it. It is wonderful when others can apply sound reasoning to it and it’s fruitage is spiritual. It widens the scope of faith to include the reasoning of Jehovah in its true aspects of wisdom. As to nakedness re: Adam and Eve, I have always assumed innocence in nakedness is an attribute of perfection. Jehovah created the world to sit in an ambient atmosphere comfortable in all aspects necessary to our needs. It seems that the clerics of old assumed sex as is the basis of all problems and that only served to exacerbate the need for what we now term as modesty. Yet there are still isolated places on earth where people are naked and have no shame in it. Mostly in ambient climbs but nonetheless, see no need for clothes mentally or physically. Neither does any animal. Females seem intent on getting back to that state if beach-wear is anything to go by - that less is more is de rigueur for women from volley ball to sunbathing, but if everyone were naked it would all be very mundane - natural even. It seems to me then, that originally there was no need for clothing and probably no need for habitat either, so why encumber life with such superfluous needs? Thus the advent of nakedness was brought about perhaps, by man’s decision to choose for himself, demonstrated by their taking of the tree of knowledge. Perhaps if for the sake of illustration, we renamed the tree, the Tree of Self Awareness it might illustrate the thought more clearly. At that point then, our minds were made self aware where previously, in perfection, there was no need or requirement to be self aware. With that awareness came a lot more issues of awareness too in the arena of self administration of all necessities. That was then, the price of rebellion.
In the animal kingdom, there has never been that need. They have never had to direct their own ways, it has forever been provided for them, just as it was for us. Therefore, it is possible to have a higher intellect, and still not feel a need for certain accoutrements in life that are a necessity that is self imposed in our case. Will we return to such? It will take a thousand years for me to get “beach body perfect” as they say.