by Prisca | 10 June 2021 08:46 am06
Greetings in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As we draw closer to the return of Christ, it is vital that we examine the Scriptures with a discerning heart. Today, let us meditate on a seemingly small detail in the crucifixion narrative that carries a profound theological message: the seamless robe of Jesus.
At the foot of the cross, the Roman soldiers carried out a brutal routine. After crucifying Jesus, they divided His clothing into four parts one share for each soldier. However, when they came to His inner garment a tunic they discovered it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. Not wanting to tear it, they cast lots to determine who would take it.
John 19:23–24 (NIV):
“When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took His clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
‘Let’s not tear it,’ they said to one another. ‘Let’s decide by lot who will get it.’
This happened so that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, ‘They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.’ So this is what the soldiers did.”
This robe is more than a historical artifact it carries symbolic and theological weight.
“They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.”
Isaiah 61:10 (NIV):
“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…”
In our time, many professing Christians attempt to divide the “garment” of salvation seeking only the parts that are convenient or comfortable:
But the seamless robe of Christ teaches us that salvation is a whole, not something we can tailor to our liking.
James 2:10 (NIV):
“For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.”
Holiness is not optional; it is essential to the Christian identity.
Hebrews 12:14 (NIV):
“Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
The Church is called the Bride of Christ. Only those who are clothed in Christ’s righteousness fully and without compromise will be part of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Revelation 19:7–8 (NIV):
“Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.”
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
Being ready means being clothed fully, not half-covered in compromise or self-righteousness. There is no room for lukewarmness.
Revelation 3:15–16 (NIV):
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm neither hot nor cold I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”
As we live in the Laodicean age a time marked by spiritual complacency and compromise we must make a clear decision to take up the whole garment of Christ. You cannot be half a Christian. Either you wear the full garment of salvation or you don’t wear it at all.
Romans 13:14 (NIV):
“Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.”
Just as the soldiers could not divide the tunic of Jesus, we cannot divide His call. To follow Him is to surrender all.
The time is short. Christ is coming for a bride without spot or wrinkle (Ephesians 5:27). The only way to be ready is to be clothed in the seamless garment of His righteousness whole, pure, and undivided.
Let us not be found wearing only part of it. Let us surrender fully to Christ and walk in His holiness.
Revelation 22:12 (NIV):
“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.”
Maranatha Come, Lord Jesus!
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