Revelation 1:12-13 Devotion

“Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.”

(Revelation 1:12-13)

His Priestly Robe. 

Then the stunning appearance of the glorified Christ is presented by pictures taken from the Old Testament. He had and ankle length robe with a golden sash. This recalls the garments of the Jewish High Priest. Christ is the final and ultimate High Priest, whom all the earlier ones imperfectly, but truly, represented. Christ is that great High Priest who gets us through to the blessed Throne of the Father, as we see when- upon the earthquake that occurred at the death of Jesus on Calvary- the veil of the Temple was 'torn in two' so that access to 'the holiest of all' was now open (Matt. 27:51). His final blood sacrifice fulfilled all of God's holy requirements for the total forgiveness of all sin, so that no other sacrifice will ever be required for sinners who seek His mercy to be eternally pardoned, and to have immediate fellowship with God Himself. 

(Douglas F. Kelly)