Trading Places

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

November 13, 2025

Trading Places

They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.

Revelation 7:14c 

The Book of Revelation paints a beautiful picture of the saints, the followers of Jesus, in heaven with him. In Rev. 3:4, Jesus says, “They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.” Rev. 4:4 tells us, “Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads.”

The saints, the elders are all dressed in white. What about Jesus? In the Transfiguration, Jesus “clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.” (Luke 9:29) How does Jesus appear with the saints in heaven? Rev. 19:13 tells us, “He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God.”

Why isn’t Jesus wearing a white robe, a robe as bright as a flash of lightning? The Apostle Paul answers our question: “But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. (Galatians 3:13) Jesus traded places with us.

My Takeaway: On the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus changed. His face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. He had a heavenly appearance. He exchanged this for my robe of sin when he hung on the cross. And today I am his friend, his brother. Excuse me . . . I need to spend some time on my knees worshipping Jesus.  

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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