‘And it was given to her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure. For the fine linen is the righteous behaviour of God's people.'

It is the privilege of God's people that they can array themselves in beauty, because God has made them beautiful. We must ever be mindful that we are preparing ourselves to be the bride of Christ. Elsewhere the emphasis is rightly on Christ's provision for His bride (Revelation 6:11; Revelation 7:14) but here all emphasis is on the bride's own preparations. She loves the Bridegroom and has striven to make herself pleasing in His eyes. Although of course an important part of her preparation lay in ‘making them (her clothes) white in the blood of the Lamb' (Revelation 7:14).

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