Revelation 19:6-8 NLT
Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a vast crowd or the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash of loud thunder: "Praise the LORD! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. [7] Let us be glad and rejoice, and let us give honor to him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself. [8] She has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear." For the fine linen represents the good deeds of God's holy people.
There are many who love weddings. They love to shop for new clothes, something special to wear for the occasion.
Here, in Revelation, it describes the wedding that everyone who loves Jesus will attend and even be the composite Bride.
What will we wear when we "marry" Jesus, the Bridegroom? That's interesting.
We're told it is fine white linen.
So I did my due diligence and looked up linen and the process of making it.
It's a convoluted, time-consuming process, even today, with mechanisation.
However, its special light reflecting and heat resistant qualities are still prized.
In Revelation, the fine white linen, we're told, represents the good deeds of God's people.
Does that mean we work for salvation? It's a bit confusing because "it's not of works lest any boast!"
Could it be in Heaven we wear what we've done for Jesus in this life?
Does it follow that some will be better dressed than others?
Something to ponder.
Revelation 3:4-5 AMPC
Yet you still have a few [persons'] names in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes, and they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy and deserving. [5] Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels.
Revelation 3:18 GNT
I advise you, then, to buy gold from me, pure gold, in order to be rich. Buy also white clothing to dress yourself and cover up your shameful nakedness. Buy also some ointment to put on your eyes, so that you may see.
In the end we are saved FOR good works, not BY good works.
May the Holy Spirit explain this to each of our hearts and empower us to be so dressed for Jesus.
Colossians 3:12 AMPC
Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper].
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