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“This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.”  John 19:23b (NIV)

Not long ago, I ran across an unusual passage in scripture that I never noticed before.   The Apostle John told his readers that Jesus wore a seamless garment. Honestly, this random statement seems oddly out of place because in the verses preceding this statement, John is carefully retelling God’s miraculous redemption story.   So, why in the world would he pause for a brief commentary on Christ’s wardrobe?   However, knowing that ALL of scripture is God-breathed, I decided to do some digging.  I learned that this unusual garment not only symbolized Christ’s seamless perfection, purity and incorruptible nature, but also his position as a high priest (since all Old Testament priests wore something of this nature).

What initially seemed like a strange, out-of-place statement suddenly began to look like a work of great symbolism!  For it certainly appears as though God strategically placed a seamless representation of Christ’s holiness at the foot of the cross as a symbol of the perfection and righteousness He would use to one day clothe us.   Incredible isn’t it?

Scripture tells us that the only way to come to the Father is through the redemptive perfection of Christ.  Christ (who became sin while on the cross) made that redemptive option available to us when He laid down His own righteousness so that it could be used as a “spiritual garment” to

“Jesus, how blessed we are to be covered by Your grace and righteousness.  We are Your redeemed – the Ones etched in the palms of Your hands.”
For His Glory

Claudia Dempsey
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