clean clothes

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. And let them be ready for the third day.

- Exodus 19:10-11 (NKJV)

 

Growing up my mother had a wringer washing machine.
I remember spending hours in the basement with her, watching her push clothes from the wash basin through the wringer, into the rinse water tub, then through the wringer again, the into the final rinse (usually with fabric softener), through the wringer once more then out on the clothesline to dry. 
I was probably about 10 years old when she got her first automatic washer, and I remember that she hated it.
She said it never got the clothes as clean as her trusty wringer washer. 
Some people will buy new clothes for a special occasion, planning well in advance what they are going to wear to that wedding, graduation, Easter Sunday, Christmas, or other formal event.
Some people have a favorite suit or dress dry cleaned and pressed so it is in perfect condition.
Today’s verse signifies a couple of things, wearing garments of grace and the third day.
Clean clothes are garments of grace - faith in Christ brings the forgiveness of sins, the washing of our robes in the blood of the Lamb.
In the Book of Revelation, (Revelation 22:14) people with clean clothes may enter the gates of the golden city, and they will be permitted to eat the fruit of the tree of everlasting life.
When we put on our very best attire, we are making an effort to look good for what ever event is on our calendar.
Shouldn’t we make the same effort to be clean for Christ? 
The third day is significant because it is repeated several times in the Bible. 
God appeared on Mount Sinai on the third day, King David recovered all on the third day, Jesus turned water into wine on the third day and above all, Jesus was resurrected on the third day.   
Three days seems pretty important just from my understanding of the Bible. 
If God tells us to be ready for the third day, let’s make sure we put on our cleanest and best clothing to meet with Him.

 

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