Michelle
The clean garments seem to be a metaphor for God forgiving all their sin and allowing a clean slate. The devotional says something interesting about that. That we tend to reject God's forgiveness and instead remain in our filthy clothes of guilt and self-condemnation. This is so true. We do not easily allow ourselves to be forgiven. Much like wearing dirty old clothes, we are comfortable in. I found that a very powerful metaphor. I did not understand some of the other chapters. The flying scroll is a curse, the woman in a basket is wickedness, but I didn't understand why they were building a house for her. The four chariots, I am not sure what their purpose was but one of them brought the spirit rest in the land. At the end it says, "This will happen if you diligently obey the Lord your God". He was speaking to Jim about crowning Joshua, I think.
My help comes from the Lord. He watches over us and will keep us from harm.
Julie
That is a very powerful explanation and so very true. With the rest of this as I was reading I felt like it has some similarities to Revelation. There is a "Did You Know?" box in my Bible that confirms that some of the same symbols talked about here are also talked about in Revelation. Again, I would say that it is interesting that we see them now at the coming of Christ and they are mentioned again when he is supposed to return.
Our help comes from the Lord.
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