Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,
John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
When we spoke of the blood of the lamp that marked the houses where death would pass them over, it was not clear to Israel at that time what that signified. John’s pronunciation that Jesus was the Lamb of God held the secret of how God planned to overcome the pronouncement of death because of sin. To the people of that time, looking for the Messiah, they had no idea it was going to be His blood sacrifice that would make null and void that death sentence.
There are those who still deny that sacrifice.
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”
White has always been seen as a symbol of purity.
Revelation 7:14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
It is the Blood of the Lamb of God that turned the color of those robes white.
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Let us be clear on this point, it is God who has clothed us in robes of righteousness. We cannot dress ourselves. Here in Isaiah 61 God introduces one more sign of His design for us. He introduces the idea of a marriage contract between the bridegroom, Jesus, and the bride, His church. Now it does not say that in the Old Testament, but then again the identity of the Messiah was hidden in the prophecies of promise. He was not to be seen until He made Himself known.
John 10:24-25 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me,”