Ardent American Patriot and Lover of Israel
Scarlet Sin Made White as Snow
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool” (Isaiah 1:18).
Spiritual lessons can be learned as one studies the references to scarlet in Scripture. The scarlet sins: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (text). Even as it is almost impossible to get red dye out of wool, how much more impossible to cleanse ourselves from our red-stained sins. Yet the promise is that we can become as white as snow. This is only possible through the blood-sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. The scarlet line: And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window” (Joshua 2:21). Rahab trusted in the God of Israel, and as Jericho was crumbling, her house stood firm. As the world crumbles around the believer, his spiritual house stands firm as well. The scarlet beast: A modern-day menace will arise during the tribulation. “And I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of the names of blasphemy . . . and I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus” (Revelation 17:3,6). The menace prophesied in the text is the coming world government, headed up by the Beast (Anti-Christ), only to be destroyed at Christ’s glorious second coming. The scarlet robe: “And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And they shall make the ephod” (Exodus 28:5,6). Aaron was to wear a robe woven with scarlet, prefiguring Jesus as our great High Priest. “And they stripped Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe” (Matthew 27:28). Though done in mockery by the Roman soldiers, this prefigures Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of Lords!
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November 19, 2009 - 5:18 pm
Amen Pop! If there is anything you have taught me in the last few weeks it has been to lay all of my bitterness at the feet of Jesus my Savior and not to pick it back up again! I love you and I thank you, even though the Lord allows us to go through something hard there is a reason, because there is often a younger sister or brother who will be comforted in seeing how the Lord has comforted you. Thank you for being my example, my mentor, and my father. I love you, and like you always tell me… "I am proud of you."
November 19, 2009 - 5:10 pm
Amen Pop! I love you so much! I praise the Lord for your Godly example you are to all the men in our house- and for the Godly example you and mom are to all of us with our future marriages. You are awesome and the Lord is working in all of us each and everyday! I am so thankful that the Lord continues to hold us in His hands, and never leaves us nor forsakes us. And I am so thankful for reconciliation! I love you Pop! Onward Christian soldier! <3