The Lamb's high banquet we await In snow
white robes of royal state; And now, the Red Sea's channel past, To Christ our King we sing at last.
Scripture understands this — in fact, it is a profound theme of scripture from the beginning, when God dresses Adam and Eve in animal skins before they leave Eden, to the end, when we're all going to be
wearing white robes in the new Jerusalem.
In KJV Rev 2:26 nations participate in the Messianic Reign, And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: In KJV Rev 7:9 it is stated, 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;
Break out the
fluffy white robe, it's about to get stained with some serious cherry juice!
Setting aside the small groups (the myrters, the 24, the 144,000) there seem to be two groups of the mass of people in Revelation; one group in
white robes who are the guest at the wedding feast and the other group who make up the bride.
Mary Magdalene returned crying, stooped and looked inside, and saw two angels in
white robes sitting at the head and foot of the slab where the body had been.
Of course, there are people who continue to think of Jesus as physically above us mere mortals, and can not imagine him as other than the haloed, shining image dressed in
pure white robes, every day.
Martyrs under the altar cry out for vindication and are given
white robes as a pledge that they will join the heavenly choir.
The parties arrived at the Casablanca hotel to sign their documents in full djellaba dress, the
flowing white robes of formal Moroccan society.
The duo tied the knot at City Hall in New York City donning
matching white robes complete with regal crowns atop both of their heads.
A group of elderly Egyptian men in
white robes crowds around a lectern, upon which sits a dusty tome.
6:11 Each of them was given a
long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.
Some people have chosen to bristle at the term thinking of a large man in a
big white robe.
Dressed in a full -
length white robe, he seemed remarkably clean for someone who supposedly spent his time chasing sheep.
«We used to simply haul everybody over to Playa del Ray or El Segundo and do it in the ocean, but the city fathers squawked about extra lifeguards and whatnot, plus 10,000 to 20,000 people in
white robes invading the beach area freaked out the surfers, so we decided to keep to our 100 - meter, fully landscaped reflecting pool behind the altar.»
The whiterobed, worshiping «sheep» have come out of an ordeal, They have washed their
magnificent white robes in the blood of the Lamb.
I think the author is the only one that had the idea that Jesus walked around with a
pristine white robe and long flowing locks that never needed washing.
She ignored her friend waving her away from this strange group of twenty - odd black and
white robed friars.
Again to enter the feast we must being wearing the righteousness of Christ, that
beautiful white robe GIVEN to us by our Lord and Savior.
The day is marked, in Scandinavia, with light and the image of children wearing long, flowing
white robes tied with red sashes and carrying candles.
Stay in an Ocean Deluxe room or treat yourself to your own private spa bath complete with fluffy towels and a
crisp white robe.
Wrapped in
identical white robes, we entered the sweltering bathhouse sauna to watch two actors, a white woman and a black man, perform the sexually and racially charged play.
They include a scoop of ice - cream covered in flies, an
empty white robe and a recreation of a sculpture destroyed by ISIS are among the new proposals for a work for Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth.
1)
Simple White Robe 2) Vintage Alarm Clock 3) Exfoliating Body Wash 4) Guest Towels 5) Swiss Dot Shams 6) Ticking Stripe Roll Up Bed 7) Mandarin Mango Candle
They were greeted at the door by programs for the event by members of the SAAB / B2B chapter at GMC (Students African - American Brotherhood / Brothers 2 Brothers), who had donned black and white suits for the occasion to match the alternating black and
white robes of the graduates.
My post-lunch pampering session at the 33 - room Spa Sanctuary is what has been getting me through the day so far, and as I change into a
fluffy white robe I figure I can make up for a few of my lost zzzs from this morning.
Again, Jesus came to him, blond and blue - eyed with a sad smile and a
pure white robe.
A reader unfamiliar with religion - focused blogs could be excused for taking from the article a vision of more traditionally - minded Catholics as demons disguised as haloed saints, their red, bifurcated tails just showing beneath their snow -
white robes as they thrust out the Flaming Finger of Faith and cry «Heresy!
Churchians think that we go from being addicted to social contact, remaining deaf, dumb, and blind to heavenly things until the day we die, and then we suddenly
don white robes, sport halos, and play harps as we dance from could to cloud, WITHOUT an intervening process that Paul called «transformation.»
They will
receive white robes and will receive special recognition before God and the host of angels.
Pillar candles placed around the room add a romantic touch to evening baths, fresh flowers (even a single stem) add beauty, French hand - milled soaps offer a decorative touch, while a
plush white robe and slippers are pure comfort.
Long,
flowing white robes and head coverings are not a fashion statement; they are a practical way of adapting to temperatures which can rise to over 50 degrees.
After we changed into our
matching white robes, we were greeted by a small buffet of nuts, crackers, and dried fruit.
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed
in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands.
There was Melania in
a white robe, working with her «glam team» of stylists, perched on a gilded throne, overlooking Central Park.
Although each member of the bench properly dons the black robe of the judge,
the white robe of the prophet ought to rest uneasily upon his shoulders.
10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in
white robes, 11 and said, «Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven?
The old name was scrapped because most people who think for themselves know that there isn't some guy in
a white robe sitting on a cloud over Walnut Creek, California granting wishes.