2 Nephi 9:14 Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe of righteousness. It's interesting that one of the first things that Adam and Eve noticed (or had pointed out to them) after partaking of the fruit was their nakedness. Here, it is used as another example of our how we (when sinning) are different from God. Additionally, as we purify ourselves, we are clothed in purity. Is it a purity or nothing question when dressing?
In the scriptures, when someone realizes that he has done somethign to incur the wrath of God, they often rend their clothes. Could the symbolism here be driving at a return to the shameful nakedness of Adam and Eve in the garden after they had eaten and before God made them the coats of skins when they were cast out?
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