herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. (Revelation 19:7,8 ESV)
Fine Linens
We are attending a fun celebratory media event in a few days. A formal, nearly red-carpet event. We do not do this often. And we ended up finding some fancy dress-up clothes.
We practiced the other day, and took pictures. And we do not look like ourselves. As I surveyed the attire in the mirror, I recalled the old phrase, “the clothes make the man.”
I usually do not agree with that proverb. And even in that mirror, my clothes, as nice as they were, were not the real me.
But when it comes to the church, or bride of Christ, wearing our apparel before the groom, Christ Himself, things might be a bit different.
Those linens John wrote about, are actually clothes we get from our savior, Christ Jesus.
And somehow, wearing the clothes He gives us, we become different. We become righteous in God’s eyes. We become fine, as we reflect Him. We become bright in Spirit. We become pure through His purity.
As Christians we wear Christ’s robes, and that is fine.
We are peculiar, we have fancy clothes.