Rev 19:13 "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name
is called The Word of God."
When
Jesus was crucified and the soldiers parted his garments and cast lots for a
coat that was woven throughout from the top, it fulfilled a prophecy from Ps.
22:18, "They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."
The coat and the vesture are thus connected. We read where Jacob gave to his son
Joseph a coat of many colours. Joseph was one of the strongest figures of Christ
in the Old Testament. We read of some interesting things that happened to this
coat of many colours:
1. Gen.
37:3 "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the
son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
2. Gen.
37:23 "And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they
stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;"
3. Gen.
37:31 "And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped
the coat in the blood; 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and
they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether
it be thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's
coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces."
Joseph's
father gave him this coat of many colours. Joseph's brethren stripped him out of
his coat of many colours. This coat of many colours was dipped in blood. This
coat of many colours is typical of God's elect people out of all nations,
kindred, peoples and tongues. God gave them to Jesus before the foundation of
the world: John 6:38 "For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will,
but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will which
hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but
should raise it up again at the last day." Jesus was stripped of his coat,
which was woven from the top throughout. God's elect were woven from the top (By
God in covenant arrangement and there was not a seam; thus it was one piece.)
The covenant of redemption is seamless: Those God foreknew, he predestinated;
those he predestinated, he called; those he called, he justified; those he
justified, he glorified. As we will see, all that the Father gave the Son are
dipped in the blood of Jesus. God's people are "many colours" i.e. they are in every nation of the earth:
1. Gen.
22:18 "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because
thou hast obeyed my voice."
2. Acts
2:5 "And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every
nation under heaven."
3. Acts
10:35 "But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is
accepted with him.
4. Rev.
14:6 "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every
nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
5.
Rev. 7:9 "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the
throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb."
The
following verses abundantly prove that God's elect in all nations are dipped in
the blood of the Lamb:
1. 1
Pet. 1:2 "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of
Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."
2. 1
John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin."
3. Heb.
10:19 "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the
blood of Jesus,"
4. Matt.
26:28 "For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins."
5. Acts
20:28 "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his own blood."
6. Rom.
3:25 "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his
blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his
righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth
in Jesus."
7. Rom.
5:9 "Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him."
8. 1 Cor.
10:16 "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the
blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body
of Christ?"
9. Eph.
1:7 "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;"
10. Eph.
2:13 "But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by
the blood of Christ."
11. Col.
1:14 "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins:"
12. Col.
1:20 "And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in
earth, or things in heaven."
13. Heb.
9:14 "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God?"
14. Heb.
9:22 "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission."
15. Heb.
10:19 "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the
blood of Jesus,"
16. Heb.
10:29 "Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy,
who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the
covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite
unto the Spirit of grace?"
17. Heb.
12:24 "And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel."
18. Heb.
13:12 "Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own
blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him
without the camp, bearing his reproach."
19. Heb.
13:20 "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
covenant,"
20. 1
Pet. 1:19 "But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot:"
21. Rev.
1:5 "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that
loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,"
22. Rev.
5:9 "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and
to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by
thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;"
23. Rev.
7:14 "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are
they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made
them white in the blood of the Lamb."
24. Rev.
12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
"And
his name is called The Word of God."
In the
following verses, we see Jesus called "The Word of God:"
1. John
1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God."
2. John
1:14 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth."
3. Heb.
4:12 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of
the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his
sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we
have to do. 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is
passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession."
4. Heb.
11:3 "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."
5. 1
Pet. 1:23 "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh
is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass
withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the
Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached
unto you."
6. Rev.
19:13 "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is
called The Word of God."
No doubt
every name that is used to describe God is important and carries meaning. We use
words to manifest and convey thoughts. Jesus is God MANIFEST IN THE FLESH. Jesus
told Phillip, "If you have seen me you have seen the Father." God and all
of his character and attributes is manifest to us in the person of Jesus Christ.
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