And upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting,
clothed in white raiment,
and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
White is the dress of the elders, and of the multitude, and of the bride. John is told they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Sardis has a few names who have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with Him in white. The overcomer is clothed in white, and his name is not blotted out. Fine linen, clean and white, is the righteousness of saints. The cloth is not their own bleach. The blood is the washing.
- White is given, and white is the sign of the washing.
- The elders sit in it. The multitude stands in it.
- Laodicea is told to buy white raiment, so the shame is covered.
Clothed in white raiment.
Made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
The fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
- The elders are clothed in white.
- The multitude washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.
- A few in Sardis have not defiled their garments.
- The overcomer is clothed in white.
- Fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
- The washing is the blood, not a cleaner of their own.
- The Dress – White raiment.
- The Washing – The blood of the Lamb.
- The Few – Sardis.
- The Overcomer – Clothed in white.
- The Bride – Fine linen.
- The Shame – Covered, if they buy of Him.
- Revelation 4:4 – “Clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.”
- Revelation 7:9 – “A great multitude… clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.”
- Revelation 7:14 – “These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
- Revelation 3:4 – “Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white.”
- Revelation 3:5 – “He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment.”
- Revelation 3:18 – “I counsel thee to buy of me… white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed.”
- Revelation 19:8 – “And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.”
- Revelation 6:11 – “And white robes were given unto every one of them.”
- Isaiah 1:18 – “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”
- Zechariah 3:4 – “Take away the filthy garments from him… I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”
Clothed in white raiment.
They have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
The fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
White is the dress. The blood is the washing. It is granted. It is not their own bleach.
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