Friday, June 8, 2012

7 Things - The Clothing of the Lord - 7 Layers of Beauty

Our most wonderful Lord is clothed in royal garments. Several Scriptures give us a picture of what this clothing might look like:


1. He is clothed with majesty and honor
Ps. 104:1
Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God,
You are very great: You are clothed with
honor and majesty. (Ps. 93:1)

This is a good place to start as we try to imagine our King's royal robes.
This is King Edward vii (son of Queen Victoria). These are earthly royal robes -
how much more spectacular must be the robes of our King:


2. He is clothed with light
Ps. 104:2
You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens.

Here is a halo of light around a star in the Milky Way:

...and the train of His robe filled the temple - Is. 6:1



3. He is clothed with power and strength
Ps. 65:6 (Ps. 93:1)
Who established the mountains by His strength,
Being clothed with power.

He holds the wind in His fist - Psalm 62:11 states that ...power belongs to God


4. He is clothed with righteousness
Is. 59:17
For He put on righteousness as a breastplate…





5. He is clothed with justice
Is. 59:17
…He put on the garments of vengeance (justice) for clothing…



6. He is helmeted with salvation
Is. 59:17
…And a helmet of salvation on His head…

Here are two ideas of what the helmet of salvation might look like:



7. He is cloaked with zeal
Is. 59:17
…And was clad with zeal as a cloak.

God's zeal is for the nations - I love this painting by Thomas Blackshear:




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