Daily Devotionals

Bowen's Daily Meditations

Devotional: July 25th

" They have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb; therefore are they before the throne of God." - Revelation 7:14-15.

These robes are symbolical of their characters once defiled, now made pure by virtue of the faith which they have exercised in him who died on Calvary that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify us unto himself a peculiar people. Observe here that their agency is spoken of. It was, indeed, the blood of the Lamb that purged away the stains ; but they had something to do; they saw and loathed the impurity of their garments, they approached the fountain, and washed them white. Christ gave them the heart to do it.

The saints in light have something to distinguish them from all angels, all other holy beings. They are not pure, but purified. They were once impure, once steeped in sin and meet only for the inheritance of the devil and his angels. That they have become the companions of those who are before the throne, will be a wonder ceaseless through all eternity. The distinction is of course not honorable to them; but it is eminently honorable to Christ; and they seek no honor but his. By reason of their intimate alliance with him, they feel at home in heaven as though they had never dwelt elsewhere.

They wash their robes on earth that they may stand before the throne of God. Do you belong to their number? Have you knowledge of the blood of Christ? Such knowledge as tends to the purification of your character, to your emancipation from sin? Not without your agency will this spiritual transformation take place. Delay not; for how soon may "the great day of his wrath" burst upon the world.

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