The previous commentary was on the “accursed thing” from Joshua 7:1. It should be obvious that the accursed thing contrasts with the “blessed thing;” the question that I tried to answer to reveal the accursed thing was to identify the blessed thing.
God gave a hint in Joshua in the passage, “I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment” (Josh 7:21) that I showed was likely the “Garment of Adam,” to wit: “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them” (Gen 3:21) to obviously preserve them from the tribulations of the world and most certainly the fiery darts of the Wicked (Eph 6:16).
As such, because the Garment of Adam was “the shield of faith” that would protect Adam, that “goodly garment” was an apparel of the whole armor of God, and its “fiber” was the skin of a Lamb provided by God. That was which the New Testament reveals as Jesus Christ — “the Lamb of God” who John saw coming to cover him, “And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he (John) saith, ‘Behold the Lamb of God!’”
John and his companions followed Jesus. As such, they put on the goodly Garment of Faith. Jesus was the “Comforter” when he was with them — he was the Goodly Lamb — and afterwards the Holy Ghost would be the “Comforter” to preserve them from the fiery darts of the wicked.
Jesus blessed the “sheep” that would follow him. Sheep in the sense that they were in Christ and as such wore the Goodly Garment — the very flesh of God that was made of Goodness (Mat 19:17).
So, all along, the Garment of Adam was really the Garment of God that consisted of two “fibers:” material and Spiritual. Adam’s garment was the flesh of a dead lamb, but also interwoven with it was the Spirit of God since God sacrificed the lamb to preserve Adam until God would come in the flesh.
That Garment lasted quite some time; it remained extant, or one like it, until the days of Joshua and appears to still exist as the Holy Ghost — the “Spiritual Flesh” of Jesus. Jesus would have left His inner “Fiber” to keep those in Him from the fiery darts of the wicked.
“A goodly Babylonish garment” was seen by Joshua yet it was an “accursed thing.” Therefore, it seems that the “fiber” of the Garment was how it was used… for or against the Will of God.
It was God’s Will that Adam and Eve survive the fiery darts of the Wicked one, so the Garments were put to good use.
Since, as The Book of Jasher indicates, Ham stole it and “Babylonish Nimrod” put it to evil use to kill God, like all things of God, the Garment could be used for good or evil.
That anything that God makes can either be used in either of right or evil spirit is the knowledge of the forbidden tree. Upon entering the Promised Land, the goodly Babylonish garment became the “Accursed Thing” because Achan intended to misuse the Designer’s Intention for the thing. He would provide security and rob God of His Provision. The Garment would not be a “shield of faith” but a mere solen article of clothing which would not protect the Israelites from the fiery darts of Ai — the Canaanite “accursed ones” as was written when Canaan was born, “And He said, ‘Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren’” (Gen 9:25).
Canaan’s was of the germline of Ham, so the curse was for the generations of Ham. Canaan received the curse of the “Serpent;” to wit: “Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field” (Gen 3:14). God cursed the identity of Lucifer, the “Image” of the Serpent, and Canaan inherited that same image. The curse was inside and was genetic.
So, for a Canaanite to wear a goodly thing made it an “accursed thing” because Achan stole the Garment from the germline of the Wicked One. Because Lucifer and Canaan were cursed, then stealing the Garment was as if wearing the curse, making it Babylonish, or the “Garment of Lucifer,” that would preserve the Israelites.
What I am implying is that the color of the Thing morphs and takes on the color, according to its use. The name, Canaan, means “purple” and is used for wrong purposes makes it the spiritual “color” of the Garment. That is quite meaningful; the color, purple, is associated with royalty and that implies pompous genetics; the very attitude of Lucifer (Isa 14:12-14). Therefore, when used for evil, the spiritual “color” of the Garment was Babylonish but when used for good, its spiritual “color” would be white for purity. In other words, the Garment was both for blessings and curses, and when Achan put his faith in the garment, it became accursed. As such, its spiritual color would have changed; it would not be the Garment of God but the Garment of the devil, Nimrod.
Because the Garment of Adam was a coat of skin, then within the fiber was its color. On Adam and Noah, the Garment of Adam would be white as snow because God placed the Garment on them both. However, Achan stole the Garment and as such, Lucifer made the Garment available, and for Achan, it can be applied, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do” (John 8:44). Achan, although a “Jew” outwardly by the genetics in his flesh, became an accursed “Canaanite” inwardly.
Over the centuries, the Garment of Adam became a “Coat of Many Colors,” to wit: “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours” (Gen 37:3).
Since the Babylonians had the Garment of Adam, Joseph made for Joseph a new coat to replace it. It was a coat of many colors, and it was for the generations of Joseph (Gen 37:2).
The “accursed thing” was not a Garment of Babylon but a “Babylonish Garment.” Joseph’s coat was then Babylonish in that it was of many colors such as the Babylonians wore at that time.
Like Achan, Joseph’s brothers stole the coat from him, and its spiritual “color” changed. The revised standard version translates, “a long robe with sleeves” rather than of various colors. It can be interpreted both ways, and perhaps that adds to my hypothesis that the coats were of one color outwardly but of many colors inwardly, meaning the spiritual use of them.
Whatever happened to the coat is unclear, but one thing is clear, it was torn to make it appear that a wolf or other animal shredded the coat with Joseph in it. However, there may have remained a remnant of it when Judah had twins by the harlot; when the midwife tied a scarlet thread around the arm of Zerah and not Pharez (Gen 38). Hence, the “coat of many colors” was perhaps scarlet, a shade of purple, all over, and its many colors were its uses.
Since the Garment of Adam had been cursed, then Jacob created a second Garment and it too became useful for nefarious purposes in that Zerah is the ancestor of Achan, who was stoned to death. That implies that the scarlet thread was perhaps used when the Accursed Coat was woven; the one stolen by Achan. Was he trying to regain his genetic birthright? Was he trying to be the “Jesus” (Joshua)? Was that the real sin of Achan? Those are good questions but depending on any coat other than the whole armor of God is fruitless against the fiery darts of the wicked!
(picture credit: "Coat of Many Colors;" 1981; Wikipedia)
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