Hasn't it been a spectacular fall? The color has just gone on and on. Think with wonder of how God clothes the trees for us every year; it's a rather complicated scientific process, to be sure, but one that He orchestrated for our pleasure and His glory. And glorious it is! And then think with wonder, even greater, of the garments with which He has clothed us: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me . . . to grant to those who mourn in Zion--to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that he may be glorified. (Isaiah 61:1, 3)
How can this be said of us? Because the Anointed One, Jesus Christ, has done it. God has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13, 14)
If we think the fall colors are amazing, consider the beauty of those who have been freed from the wrath of God, freed from the penalty of sin. Consider also the One who freed us, that One who is called Faithful and True atop a white horse, with His robe dipped in blood. He is called The Word of God, and He came to rescue us. Consider the beauty of His robe, showing us the deed done, the wrath of God against us satisfied.
Now those, white and red, are colors worth exclaiming over.
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