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I'll be totally honest. I've never ever read Zechariah before, so imagine my surprise when I saw this passage and went, "There's a chapter called Zechariah in here?" At the end of the day, like the actually, legit day, we'll be standing before the Lord of Lords, the Great Judge himself...and we have to give an account of our lives. I don't know about you, but sometimes thinking about that is scary.
Here, Joshua, the high priest is standing before the judge, with Satan accusing him. He's dressed in filthy rags in a physical way to represent his sin. As Satan is accusing him, the angel of the Lord states:
"See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put rich garments on you." [Zechariah 3:4]
One thing that caught my eye was the fact they said rich and not clean. It makes me wonder what kind of garment is God talking about? Rich, as in soft, expensive, spotless clothes that will show we belong to God! Rich things can also be pure, and innocent. God is saying that despite all we did, the fact that we believe in his son, Christ Jesus, whom came down and died for our sins, we're able to wear these rich clothing and be in heaven with him! Obviously it'll be a hard walk, but who ever said life was easy? People make up quotes like, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." In the same way, when God throws trials at you, draw closer to him!
In this vision, an angel of the Lord was with him. But when our day comes to an end, Christ Jesus will be with us! So rejoice!
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Justification means our guilt gone, Christ's righteousness given.
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