Something made me re-consider the story of the prodigal son the other day.
The younger son went his way but repented and returned to his father.
The father did not condemn his young son but welcomed him home with rejoicing.
He placed a cloak over him to cover his tattered and dirty garments and placed ring on his finger.
Now I know that many of you will already have seen this but I believe that God shows us truths at different times and I suddenly saw that the ‘cloak is the cloak of righteousness and the ring is like the seal of the Holy Spirit which guarantees our inheritance.
He also put sandals on his feet which signifies sonship rather than servanthood.
All old stuff, well known story but given new life. Brilliant.
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:13-15
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10
The younger son went his way but repented and returned to his father.
The father did not condemn his young son but welcomed him home with rejoicing.
He placed a cloak over him to cover his tattered and dirty garments and placed ring on his finger.
Now I know that many of you will already have seen this but I believe that God shows us truths at different times and I suddenly saw that the ‘cloak is the cloak of righteousness and the ring is like the seal of the Holy Spirit which guarantees our inheritance.
He also put sandals on his feet which signifies sonship rather than servanthood.
All old stuff, well known story but given new life. Brilliant.
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:13-15
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10
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