Exodus 28:39 And you shall embroider the coat of fine linen, and you shall make the turban of fine linen… This girdle was made of the same materials as the vail; but the order of their arrangement was that of the innermost curtains of the Tabernacle, viz., "fine linen, blue, purple, scarlet." The fine linen, type of righteousness, comes first, answering to that beautiful passage in Isaiah 11:5. Righteousness and faithfulness which the Lord Jesus has made perfectly manifest and proved to the utmost in His death upon the Cross. The object of the girdle was to strengthen the loins for service. And the high priest, beneath garments of majesty, glory, brilliancy, and power, still preserved his place as the girded righteous servant of the Lord. So the Lord Jesus upon the throne of glory, having all power in heaven and in earth, and with the name above every name, yet delights to maintain His place as God's servant, fulfilling the Father's counsels and accomplishing His will in the salvation and ultimate perfection of those that are His. We have in John 13 a striking illustration of our blessed Lord's holy service; deeply instructive to us in two ways: first, as teaching us what His present occupations are in our behalf, and next, as giving us an example which we have to follow if we would taste of His happiness and joy. One way in which we may wash one another's feet is by prayer and intercession for one another; and another mode is by seeking to deliver any of the Lord's people that may be ensnared, from the entanglements into which they have fallen. (H. W. Soltau.) Parallel Verses KJV: And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. |
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