February 23
High fashion. Changing styles. Rail thin runway models. K-Mart mock-ups of expensive attire. Clothing. It has become much more than Adam and Eve’s covering for their shame when their disobedience to God cost them their innocence in the Garden of Eden.
It can be an expression of taste and is also a reflection of budget. What we wear and how we accessorize it makes a statement about who we are and conveys that assessment of ourselves to everyone who sees us. Fine attire and expensive jewels shout to the world that we are affluent. Ordinary clothing declares our more humble means.
In ancient Israel, clothing had another purpose. The articles to be worn by the priests and by non-clergy had great significance and were applied judiciously to the accouterments worn to not only perform religious duties but also to evidence strict adherence to God’s laws. God, who knows man’s proclivity to dismiss the heavenly, set the riband as a reminder that he is to obey Him.
Numbers 15:39 specifies, “Tassels for you to look at will serve as reminders to you of all the Lord’s commands that you shall obey them.” These tassels tied the corners of a garment and hung as blue ribbons. The color signified heaven, of which they were to be ever mindful and reminded them of God, to whom they owed complete obedience—concepts not evident on today’s runway of life.
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