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Devotional for Wednesday Nov 11, 2009:
He Wore Our Coat
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They have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelations 7:14
God has only one requirement for entrance into heaven: that we be clothed in Christ.
Listen to how Jesus describes the inhabitants of heaven: “They will walk with me and wear white clothes, because they are worthy….” (Rev. 3:4).
Listen to the description of the elders: “Around the throne there were… twenty-four elders…. They were dressed in white and had golden crowns on their heads” (Rev. 4:4)….
All are dressed in white. The saints. The elders… How would you suppose Jesus is dressed? In white?… “He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God” (Rev. 19:13).
Why is Christ’s robe not white? Why is his cloak not spotless? Why is his garment dipped in blood?… Paul says simply, “He changed places with us” (Gal. 3:13)….
He wore our coat of sin to the cross.
When Christ Comes
-Max Lucado