Do you like the color Purple??? Purple... Covered The Altar. Then they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. (Numbers 4: 13) Purple has become the symbol of royalty, but it clearly was a symbol that was related to the priesthood and sacrifice when God used it. This color was in the priests garments and the coverings of the sanctuary and the doorways. Significantly, the altar of sacrifice was covered in purple when the sanctuary was moved. (Numbers 4: 13). This prophecy was fulfilled when he was dressed in purple at the trial. Covered The Priest-King. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; (John 19: 2; Mark 15: 17) The Priest Purple Covering The priest is the lawyer for the government and law of God. He studies this law and teaches it to the people and administers justice. Therefore, Christ becomes our priest and defender before God. The color purple is in the doors to the sanctuary because the sanctuary is the place where we go to get justice from God. Purple is the color of the royal priesthood. One is priest first and king also. » The Secular Use. Since purple was expensive to produce, it became associated with wealth. The emperors of Rome eventually used this color for royalty. So at the time of His trial, the soldiers intended to mock Jesus as the king of the Jews and they dressed Him in purple and placed a crown of thorns on His head. When they did this, they inadvertently dressed Him up as the altar of sacrifice! So, although they intended to mock Him, they unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy as they dressed the altar for transportation. Purple is a combination of red and blue. The priest fulfilled the demands of the law by becoming the sacrifice. He atoned for the broken law (blue) with His red blood. Therefore, when the law and sacrifice combined it formed purple. No wonder the place of sacrifice was covered in purple. We are also destined to be priest-kings of God. We die daily to sin.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 23:27:20 +0000
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