The Garment of God Revealed — Tracing Nakedness, Shame, Covering, White Raiment, the Wedding Garment, and the Clothing of Christ from Genesis to Revelation Until God Is All in All
Garment of God:
By Carl Timothy Wray
AUTHOR
Carl Timothy Wray is a prophetic writer and revelatory teacher of The Finished Work of Christ and the Full Counsel of God. Through Zion University and hundreds of Kingdom books, he traces the revelation of Jesus Christ from Genesis to Revelation, unveiling God’s eternal purpose through the Plan of the Ages, the Throne, Zion, Sonship, the Gospel of Grace, and the manifestation of the sons of God. His writings focus on revealing Christ as God’s completed work, unfolding through divine order until God becomes all in all.
The Garment of God is a comprehensive biblical study tracing nakedness, shame, covering, garments, robes, white raiment, the wedding garment, and the clothing of Christ from Genesis to Revelation. Discover the spiritual meaning of Adam’s nakedness, the garments of skin, Joseph’s coat, Joshua’s change of raiment, white robes in Revelation, the wedding garment of the Kingdom, and what it means to put on Christ and be clothed with immortality. This book reveals how the Garment of God unfolds through Scripture as God’s answer to shame, separation, mortality, and the fall until creation is fully clothed in the life of God.
INTRODUCTION
One of the most overlooked themes in all of Scripture is the theme of garments.
From the opening chapters of Genesis to the closing chapters of Revelation, God continually uses garments, robes, coverings, white raiment, and clothing to reveal profound spiritual realities.
Most believers read these passages as historical details.
Yet the Spirit is speaking through every garment.
The story begins in a garden.
Adam and Eve stood before God naked and unashamed.
There was no fear.
There was no shame.
There was no self-consciousness.
There was no separation.
But something changed.
The moment man partook of the knowledge of good and evil, Scripture records one of the most remarkable statements ever written:
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.”
The first thing man discovered after the fall was not God.
The first thing he discovered was himself.
Nakedness became associated with shame.
Shame produced fear.
Fear produced hiding.
And hiding produced separation.
Immediately man attempted to cover himself.
Fig leaves became the first religious system.
Human effort became the first garment.
Yet God rejected man’s covering and provided a garment of His own.
From that moment forward, Scripture begins unfolding a divine mystery.
Garments begin appearing everywhere.
Joseph receives a coat.
Priests receive holy garments.
Joshua receives a change of raiment.
Kings are clothed in royal apparel.
The bride receives a wedding garment.
The saints receive white robes.
Believers are commanded to put on Christ.
Mortality itself must be clothed upon with immortality.
These are not disconnected stories.
They are chapters of one revelation.
The Garment of God.
This book traces that revelation from Genesis to Revelation.
We will discover that nakedness is far more than the absence of clothing.
Shame is far more than embarrassment.
Garments are far more than fabric.
Throughout Scripture, garments reveal identity, righteousness, sonship, authority, acceptance, immortality, and ultimately Christ Himself.
For Christ is not merely the giver of the garment.
Christ is the garment.
The story that begins with nakedness in Eden ends with creation clothed in the life of God.
The journey begins in a garden.
It ends with God all in all.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 — Naked and Not Ashamed
Chapter 2 — The Knowledge of Nakedness
Chapter 3 — Fig Leaves: Man’s Attempt to Cover Himself
Chapter 4 — The Garments of Skin
Chapter 5 — Joseph’s Coat and the Garments of Sonship
Chapter 6 — The Change of Raiment
Chapter 7 — Let Thy Garments Be Always White
Chapter 8 — The Wedding Garment
Chapter 9 — White Raiment and the Robes of the Saints
Chapter 10 — Put On the Lord Jesus Christ
Chapter 11 — Clothed Upon With Immortality
Chapter 12 — The Garment of God and God All in All
CHAPTER 1
NAKED AND NOT ASHAMED
One of the most profound mysteries in all of Scripture is found in the final verse of Genesis chapter two.
Before sin.
Before fear.
Before shame.
Before religion.
Before man attempted to cover himself.
The Spirit records these remarkable words:
NAKED AND NOT ASHAMED
Genesis 2:25
“And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”
This is the first appearance of nakedness in Scripture.
It appears before sin.
It appears before the fall.
It appears before judgment.
It appears before separation.
Adam and Eve stood before God completely open, completely exposed, completely known, and completely accepted.
There was no fear.
There was no hiding.
There was no self-consciousness.
There was no condemnation.
They were naked and not ashamed.
The first revelation of the Garment of God is discovered by recognizing what existed before man ever needed a garment.
Man possessed innocence.
Man possessed fellowship.
Man possessed union.
Man possessed life.
MAN WALKED OPENLY BEFORE GOD
Genesis 3:8
“And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.”
The voice of God was not a threat.
The presence of God was not terrifying.
The fellowship of God was not something Adam feared.
Adam was at rest.
Adam was at peace.
Adam walked openly before God.
There was no need to hide.
There was no need for excuses.
There was no need for coverings.
The relationship was unhindered.
The Garment of God had not yet become necessary because shame had not yet entered the picture.
THE FALL DID NOT BEGIN WITH NAKEDNESS
Many believers mistakenly think nakedness was the problem.
It was not.
Adam was naked before the fall.
Adam remained naked after the fall.
Something far deeper changed.
Genesis 3:6
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Then immediately Scripture records:
Genesis 3:7
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.”
Notice carefully.
The fall did not create nakedness.
The fall created the knowledge of nakedness.
Adam had always been naked.
Now Adam became conscious of it.
The problem was not exposure.
The problem was self-awareness apart from God.
WHO TOLD THEE THAT THOU WAST NAKED?
One of the greatest questions in all Scripture appears in the Garden.
Genesis 3:9-11
“And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?”
This question reaches far beyond Adam.
It reaches into every generation.
Who told thee that thou wast naked?
Who told thee that thou wast unacceptable?
Who told thee that thou wast separated?
Who told thee that thou wast rejected?
Who told thee that thou must hide?
God did not tell Adam he was naked.
Adam discovered nakedness through the knowledge of good and evil.
The moment Adam looked at himself instead of God, shame entered.
Fear entered.
Condemnation entered.
Hiding entered.
FEAR FOLLOWED SHAME
Genesis 3:10
“I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Notice the progression.
Nakedness.
Shame.
Fear.
Hiding.
This pattern appears throughout Scripture.
Sin produces shame.
Shame produces fear.
Fear produces hiding.
Yet God continually seeks the hiding man.
Genesis 3:9
“And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?”
The first voice after the fall was not judgment.
The first voice was pursuit.
God sought Adam.
God called Adam.
God pursued Adam.
This pursuit ultimately leads to the revelation of the Garment of God.
THE GARMENT OF GOD BEGINS WITH GOD’S PURSUIT
Luke 19:10
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
The same God who walked through Eden seeking Adam later came in the person of Christ seeking humanity.
The mission never changed.
God pursues the hiding man.
God seeks the ashamed man.
God calls the fearful man.
God restores the fallen man.
The entire story of redemption is the story of God moving toward man.
The revelation of the Garment of God begins here.
Not with clothing.
Not with robes.
Not with white raiment.
Not with the wedding garment.
It begins with God’s pursuit of man after the entrance of shame.
THE END OF SHAME
Hebrews 12:2
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame.”
Christ came to remove what entered in Eden.
He bore shame.
He carried shame.
He conquered shame.
He destroyed the power of shame.
Romans 8:1
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.”
The first Adam hid among the trees.
The last Adam hung upon a tree.
The first Adam feared exposure.
The last Adam endured exposure.
The first Adam entered shame.
The last Adam removed shame.
The story that begins with nakedness in Eden ultimately leads to Christ.
The Garment of God is God’s answer to everything Adam lost.
THE MYSTERY OF THE GARDEN
Genesis begins with man naked and unashamed.
Revelation ends with a people standing before God clothed in white.
Between these two realities lies the entire story of redemption.
The story begins with innocence.
It moves through shame.
It passes through coverings.
It unfolds through garments.
It culminates in Christ.
To understand the Garment of God, we must first understand the condition that made the garment necessary.
Before there was a garment, there was nakedness.
Before there was covering, there was shame.
Before there was white raiment, there was fear.
And before God clothed man, God first pursued him.
The revelation has begun.
CHAPTER 2
THE KNOWLEDGE OF NAKEDNESS
The fall of man did not begin with nakedness.
The fall of man began with the knowledge of nakedness.
This distinction is critical.
Adam was naked before he sinned.
Adam was naked after he sinned.
The nakedness did not change.
The consciousness changed.
Genesis 2:25
“And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”
Genesis 3:7
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.”
The difference between Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 is not clothing.
The difference is knowledge.
Something entered the mind of man that had never existed before.
The knowledge of nakedness.
To understand the Garment of God, we must understand what Adam actually lost.
THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL
Genesis 2:16-17
“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Notice carefully.
The tree was not called:
The Tree of Sin.
The Tree of Wickedness.
The Tree of Corruption.
The tree was called:
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
The issue was knowledge.
A new consciousness was about to enter mankind.
A new way of seeing.
A new way of judging.
A new way of measuring.
A new way of relating to God.
THEIR EYES WERE OPENED
Genesis 3:7
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.”
This opening of the eyes was not enlightenment.
It was separation.
Adam began seeing himself apart from God.
For the first time, man became self-conscious.
He became aware of himself as an independent being.
The focus shifted.
Before the fall, Adam looked toward God.
After the fall, Adam looked toward himself.
The knowledge of nakedness was born.
SHAME ENTERS THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Genesis 3:10
“And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Notice the progression.
Knowledge.
Shame.
Fear.
Hiding.
This pattern still governs humanity today.
People hide because they fear exposure.
People fear exposure because they feel shame.
People feel shame because they see themselves through the knowledge of good and evil.
The Garment of God is God’s answer to this entire condition.
THE ACCUSER’S PLAYGROUND
Revelation 12:10
“For the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.”
Accusation thrives where shame exists.
Condemnation thrives where nakedness is perceived.
The enemy’s power has always operated through accusation.
He points to weakness.
He points to failure.
He points to imperfection.
He points to shortcomings.
Then he whispers:
“You are naked.”
“You are exposed.”
“You are unacceptable.”
“You should hide.”
This is the voice Adam heard after the fall.
It is the opposite of the voice of God.
GOD NEVER AGREED WITH ADAM’S CONDEMNATION
Genesis 3:11
“And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?”
God’s response is remarkable.
He did not say:
“You are right, Adam.”
“You should be ashamed.”
“You should hide.”
Instead He asked:
“Who told thee?”
God immediately challenged the source of Adam’s new identity.
The same question echoes throughout Scripture.
Who told thee that thou wast rejected?
Who told thee that thou wast abandoned?
Who told thee that thou wast separated?
Who told thee that thou wast unworthy?
Who told thee that thou wast beyond redemption?
The voice of condemnation never originated with God.
THE MINISTRY OF THE LAW
Romans 3:20
“For by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
The law reveals.
The law exposes.
The law uncovers.
The law makes nakedness visible.
Romans 7:7
“I had not known sin, but by the law.”
Paul understood this principle.
Knowledge exposes what was hidden.
The law functions like a mirror.
It reveals condition.
It does not provide covering.
The Garment of God is not found in the law.
The law reveals nakedness.
God provides the garment.
THE FIRST QUESTION OF RELIGION
Ever since Eden, mankind has asked:
“What must I do to cover myself?”
This is the question behind religion.
This is the question behind self-effort.
This is the question behind human righteousness.
Yet Scripture continually reveals the same truth.
Man cannot cover himself.
Isaiah 64:6
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.”
Every human covering eventually fails.
Every self-made garment eventually falls short.
The knowledge of nakedness continually exposes man’s inability.
This prepares the way for the Garment of God.
CHRIST REMOVES THE KNOWLEDGE OF SEPARATION
Colossians 1:21-22
“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.”
Notice where the alienation existed.
“In your mind.”
The knowledge of nakedness lives in the mind.
The knowledge of separation lives in the mind.
The knowledge of rejection lives in the mind.
Christ came to destroy these lies.
He came to reconcile.
He came to restore.
He came to reveal the Father’s heart.
NO CONDEMNATION
Romans 8:1
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.”
The knowledge of nakedness produces condemnation.
The revelation of Christ removes condemnation.
One points to self.
The other points to Christ.
One produces hiding.
The other produces boldness.
One produces fear.
The other produces peace.
Hebrews 4:16
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace.”
Adam hid from the presence of God.
The believer approaches boldly.
This is the difference between nakedness and the Garment of God.
THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST
Philippians 3:8
“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.”
There are two knowledges revealed in Scripture.
The knowledge of good and evil.
The knowledge of Christ.
One produces shame.
One produces righteousness.
One produces fear.
One produces boldness.
One produces hiding.
One produces fellowship.
One reveals nakedness.
One reveals the Garment of God.
As long as man lives from the knowledge of good and evil, he will continually attempt to cover himself.
But when Christ is revealed, the striving begins to cease.
The eyes turn away from self and toward Him.
The knowledge of nakedness begins to lose its power.
The revelation of Christ begins to clothe the soul.
The journey toward the Garment of God has now begun in earnest.
For before God can reveal His garment, He must first expose the knowledge that convinced man he was naked.
CHAPTER 3
FIG LEAVES: MAN’S ATTEMPT TO COVER HIMSELF
The moment Adam became conscious of his nakedness, he immediately sought a covering.
This is one of the most revealing moments in all of Scripture.
Before God spoke.
Before God provided.
Before God clothed.
Man attempted to solve his own condition.
Genesis 3:7
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”
The first act of fallen humanity was not murder.
The first act of fallen humanity was not idolatry.
The first act of fallen humanity was self-covering.
Adam became aware of his condition and immediately began attempting to fix it himself.
This is the birth of human religion.
This is the birth of self-righteousness.
This is the birth of works.
The Garment of God had not yet been revealed, so man attempted to manufacture his own garment.
THE FIRST RELIGIOUS SYSTEM
Genesis 3:7
“And they sewed fig leaves together.”
Notice the language.
They sewed.
They worked.
They labored.
They constructed.
They manufactured.
Their hands became involved.
Their effort became involved.
Their wisdom became involved.
The fig leaf represents man’s first attempt to deal with shame through human effort.
Nothing has changed.
Humanity is still sewing fig leaves.
Some sew morality.
Some sew religion.
Some sew traditions.
Some sew performance.
Some sew self-improvement.
Some sew works.
But all of these are simply different versions of fig leaves.
The Garment of God cannot be manufactured by human hands.
THE PROBLEM WITH FIG LEAVES
A fig leaf may cover temporarily.
But it cannot transform.
It may hide.
But it cannot heal.
It may conceal.
But it cannot cleanse.
The problem was not merely Adam’s nakedness.
The problem was what had happened within him.
No amount of fig leaves could restore innocence.
No amount of fig leaves could remove shame.
No amount of fig leaves could restore fellowship.
Only God could do that.
THE WAY OF CAIN
Genesis 4:3-5
“And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.”
The spirit of the fig leaf continues into the next generation.
Cain presents the fruit of his labor.
Cain presents what he produced.
Cain presents what his own hands accomplished.
Abel presents what God required.
One offering points toward human effort.
The other points toward divine provision.
One points toward fig leaves.
The other points toward the Garment of God.
ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
Isaiah 64:6
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.”
This is one of the most devastating verses in Scripture to the religious mind.
Notice carefully.
The prophet did not say:
Our sins are filthy rags.
He said:
“Our righteousnesses.”
The things man trusts in.
The things man boasts in.
The things man presents before God.
These become filthy rags when they are offered as grounds for acceptance.
The fig leaf always appears impressive to the person wearing it.
But heaven sees differently.
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN
Luke 18:11-14
“The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.”
The Pharisee is wearing fig leaves.
His confidence rests in himself.
His confidence rests in his performance.
His confidence rests in his accomplishments.
Meanwhile:
Luke 18:13
“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.”
Jesus concludes:
Luke 18:14
“This man went down to his house justified rather than the other.”
The Garment of God is never received through boasting.
It is received through grace.
WORKS CANNOT PRODUCE THE GARMENT
Ephesians 2:8-9
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
The fig leaf is the religion of boasting.
The Garment of God removes boasting.
The fig leaf says:
“Look what I have done.”
The Garment of God says:
“Look what Christ has done.”
The fig leaf glorifies man.
The Garment of God glorifies Christ.
PAUL’S DISCOVERY
Philippians 3:4-9
“If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more.”
Paul then lists his credentials.
His lineage.
His education.
His zeal.
His religious accomplishments.
Then he reaches a shocking conclusion.
Philippians 3:8-9
“And do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness.”
Paul abandoned the fig leaves.
Paul abandoned confidence in the flesh.
Paul abandoned self-made garments.
He desired only the righteousness that comes through Christ.
THE PRODIGAL SON’S GARMENT
Luke 15:21-22
“And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him.”
Notice what the father did not do.
He did not assign probation.
He did not demand self-improvement.
He did not require years of proving worthiness.
He immediately provided a robe.
The robe came before the work.
The robe came before the restoration.
The robe came before the celebration.
The father supplied the garment.
This is one of the clearest pictures of the Garment of God in the entire Bible.
CHRIST ENDS THE FIG LEAF SYSTEM
Romans 10:3-4
“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”
The phrase is remarkable.
“Going about to establish their own righteousness.”
That is exactly what Adam did.
That is exactly what religion does.
That is exactly what the flesh does.
It attempts to establish its own righteousness.
It attempts to sew its own fig leaves.
It attempts to create its own covering.
Christ ends this entire system.
The Garment of God is not earned.
The Garment of God is received.
THE FAILURE OF EVERY HUMAN COVERING
From Eden until now, mankind has continually attempted to cover himself.
Yet every human covering eventually fails.
Every system of self-righteousness eventually collapses.
Every fig leaf eventually withers.
Only God’s provision remains.
Only God’s righteousness remains.
Only Christ remains.
The Garment of God cannot be woven by human effort.
It cannot be purchased by human merit.
It cannot be earned through performance.
It can only be received through God’s provision.
Genesis 3:7 records man sewing fig leaves.
Genesis 3:21 records God making garments.
Between those two verses stands the difference between religion and redemption.
The difference between self-righteousness and grace.
The difference between man’s garment and the Garment of God.
And in the next chapter, God Himself will provide the first true covering.
CHAPTER 4
THE GARMENTS OF SKIN
The moment Adam and Eve sinned, they attempted to cover themselves.
They sewed fig leaves together.
They hid among the trees.
They fled from the presence of God.
They attempted to solve a spiritual problem through natural means.
Yet God had something far greater in mind.
Genesis 3:21
“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”
This is one of the most important verses in all of Scripture.
The entire revelation of the Garment of God begins to unfold in this single act.
Man attempted to cover himself.
God covered man.
Man produced fig leaves.
God produced garments.
Man labored.
God provided.
The difference is enormous.
GOD REJECTED MAN’S COVERING
Genesis 3:7
“And they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”
Genesis 3:21
“And the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them.”
Notice that Scripture never records God improving Adam’s fig leaves.
God did not strengthen them.
God did not bless them.
God did not add to them.
God replaced them.
This is the pattern of redemption.
God does not improve the old man.
God replaces him.
God does not perfect self-righteousness.
God replaces it with His righteousness.
God does not strengthen Adam’s garment.
God provides the Garment of God.
THE FIRST DEATH IN SCRIPTURE
Genesis 3:21
“The LORD God made coats of skins.”
Where did the skins come from?
An animal had to die.
Blood had to be shed.
Life had to be given.
This is the first picture of substitution in Scripture.
Before Adam could be covered, something else died.
Before man could receive a garment, a sacrifice was required.
Hebrews 9:22
“And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”
The entire sacrificial system is hidden within Genesis 3:21.
The Garment of God is established upon sacrifice.
THE LAMB BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
Revelation 13:8
“The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
The animal slain in Eden points beyond itself.
Every sacrifice points beyond itself.
Every offering points beyond itself.
Every lamb points beyond itself.
They all point toward Christ.
John 1:29
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
The coats of skin were not merely clothing.
They were prophecy.
They pointed toward Calvary.
They pointed toward the Cross.
They pointed toward the Lamb.
The Garment of God ultimately finds its fulfillment in Christ Himself.
GOD CLOTHED THEM
Genesis 3:21
“The LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them.”
Notice who performs the action.
God clothed them.
Adam did not clothe himself.
Eve did not clothe herself.
God did it.
This reveals one of the greatest truths of redemption.
Salvation is God’s work.
Righteousness is God’s work.
Reconciliation is God’s work.
Justification is God’s work.
The Garment of God is God’s provision from beginning to end.
Isaiah 61:10
“I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.”
Notice the language.
“He hath clothed me.”
“He hath covered me.”
The initiative belongs to God.
A ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Isaiah 61:10
“He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.”
This verse reaches all the way back to Eden.
Adam could not create righteousness.
Adam could not manufacture acceptance.
Adam could not restore innocence.
God covered him.
God clothed him.
God provided what Adam lacked.
The Garment of God is repeatedly revealed throughout Scripture as righteousness.
Not man’s righteousness.
God’s righteousness.
Romans 3:21-22
“But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested…
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ.”
The robe belongs to Him.
The righteousness belongs to Him.
The garment belongs to Him.
THE GREAT EXCHANGE
2 Corinthians 5:21
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
At the Cross, the ultimate exchange occurred.
Christ took what belonged to Adam.
Believers received what belongs to Christ.
He took shame.
We received acceptance.
He took condemnation.
We received righteousness.
He took death.
We received life.
He took the curse.
We received blessing.
This is the fullness of the Garment of God.
THE COVERING OF NOAH
Genesis 9:23
“And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father.”
Even here the Spirit continues the pattern.
Nakedness appears.
A garment appears.
Covering appears.
Scripture continually reveals the same truth.
Love covers.
Grace covers.
God covers.
The Garment of God is never about exposing man for destruction.
It is about covering man for restoration.
1 Peter 4:8
“For charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
THE COVERING OF THE TABERNACLE
Exodus 26:14
“And thou shalt make a covering for the tent.”
Throughout the Tabernacle, coverings appear everywhere.
Coverings over the Holy Place.
Coverings over the Ark.
Coverings over the vessels.
Coverings over sacred things.
Why?
Because God’s glory was teaching a lesson.
The natural man cannot stand exposed before divine holiness.
A covering must be provided.
The Garment of God was being preached through every curtain, every veil, and every covering in Israel.
CHRIST OUR COVERING
Romans 13:14
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.”
This verse unlocks the entire mystery.
The ultimate garment is not fabric.
The ultimate garment is not linen.
The ultimate garment is not animal skins.
The ultimate garment is Christ.
Put on Christ.
Be clothed with Christ.
Be covered by Christ.
Be found in Christ.
Galatians 3:27
“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”
The language is unmistakable.
Believers have put on Christ.
The Garment of God has become a Person.
THE GARMENTS OF SKIN POINT TO CHRIST
Genesis 3:21 is far more than a historical event.
It is a prophecy.
It is a picture.
It is a revelation.
A sacrifice dies.
Blood is shed.
A covering is provided.
Man is clothed.
The entire Gospel is hidden in the verse.
The coats of skin point to Calvary.
The animal points to the Lamb.
The covering points to righteousness.
The garment points to Christ.
And the Garment of God continues unfolding throughout Scripture until the saints appear before the throne clothed in white raiment and mortality itself is swallowed up by life.
The story that began with coats of skin in Eden ultimately ends with creation clothed in the glory of God.
The revelation is growing.
The Garment of God is becoming clearer.
CHAPTER 5
JOSEPH’S COAT AND THE GARMENTS OF SONSHIP
As the revelation of the Garment of God unfolds throughout Scripture, garments begin appearing in unexpected places.
One of the most remarkable examples appears in the life of Joseph.
Joseph’s story is not merely a story about a favored son.
It is a prophetic picture of Christ.
It is a prophetic picture of sonship.
It is a prophetic picture of inheritance.
And at the center of the story stands a garment.
Genesis 37:3
“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.”
This coat becomes one of the most significant garments in Scripture.
It reveals identity.
It reveals sonship.
It reveals favor.
It reveals inheritance.
It reveals separation unto purpose.
The Garment of God continues unfolding through Joseph’s life.
THE FATHER PROVIDED THE GARMENT
Genesis 37:3
“And he made him a coat of many colours.”
Notice once again the pattern.
Joseph did not make his own garment.
The father provided it.
This is the same pattern revealed in Eden.
God clothed Adam.
The father clothed Joseph.
The initiative belongs to the father.
The Garment of God always originates with God.
John 1:12
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.”
Sonship is not self-created.
Sonship is received.
The garment is received.
The inheritance is received.
The calling is received.
Everything begins with the Father.
THE GARMENT REVEALED SONSHIP
Genesis 37:4
“And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him.”
The coat revealed something.
It revealed relationship.
It revealed position.
It revealed identity.
The garment distinguished Joseph from his brothers.
Throughout Scripture garments often reveal identity.
Priests wear priestly garments.
Kings wear royal garments.
Brides wear bridal garments.
Overcomers wear white garments.
The garment reveals who the person is.
The Garment of God ultimately reveals Christ within His people.
THE GARMENT BECAME A TARGET
Genesis 37:23
“And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him.”
The first thing Joseph’s brothers attacked was the garment.
The coat represented the Father’s favor.
The coat represented the Father’s choice.
The coat represented sonship.
The brothers could not reach the Father.
So they attacked the garment.
This pattern continues throughout history.
The enemy continually attacks identity.
He attacks sonship.
He attacks inheritance.
He attacks what God has spoken concerning His people.
The purpose is always the same.
Remove the garment.
Destroy the identity.
Remove the covering.
Destroy the confidence.
Yet God’s purpose cannot be overturned.
JOSEPH LOST THE COAT BUT NOT THE CALLING
Genesis 37:31
“And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood.”
The coat was removed.
The calling remained.
The garment was stripped away.
The purpose remained.
The brothers thought they had ended the dream.
Yet the dream continued.
Romans 11:29
“For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.”
Joseph’s destiny did not depend upon the garment.
The garment revealed the destiny.
The Garment of God does not create sonship.
It reveals sonship.
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
Genesis 41:14
“Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon.”
Joseph’s journey mirrors the pattern of Christ.
The pit.
The suffering.
The rejection.
The exaltation.
The throne.
Every step points toward the greater Joseph.
Psalm 105:17-19
“He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
Until the time that his word came.”
The word was working.
The purpose was unfolding.
The Father had not forgotten His son.
JOSEPH RECEIVES NEW GARMENTS
Genesis 41:42
“And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.”
The coat of many colors is gone.
Now another garment appears.
Fine linen.
Authority.
Government.
Kingship.
Rule.
Joseph has moved from favored son to manifested ruler.
The Garment of God continues revealing new dimensions.
The son becomes the ruler.
The dream becomes reality.
The hidden purpose becomes visible.
GARMENTS AND AUTHORITY
Esther 6:8
“Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear.”
Daniel 5:29
“Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet.”
Throughout Scripture garments continually reveal authority.
Garments reveal office.
Garments reveal rank.
Garments reveal position.
Garments reveal calling.
The Garment of God reveals the authority of Christ.
Revelation 1:13
“And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot.”
Even Christ appears clothed in symbolic garments.
The garment reveals His ministry.
The garment reveals His authority.
The garment reveals His priesthood.
THE PRODIGAL SON RECEIVES A ROBE
Luke 15:22
“But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him.”
Again the father provides the garment.
Again the robe reveals sonship.
Again the robe reveals acceptance.
Again the robe reveals restoration.
The son arrives broken.
The father provides the robe.
This is the heart of redemption.
This is the revelation of the Garment of God.
CHRIST THE FIRSTBORN SON
Romans 8:29
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.”
Joseph ultimately points beyond himself.
Joseph points toward Christ.
The beloved son.
The rejected son.
The suffering son.
The exalted son.
The ruling son.
Hebrews 1:2
“Whom he hath appointed heir of all things.”
Christ is the true heir.
Christ is the true Joseph.
Christ is the true beloved Son.
The Garment of God finds its fulfillment in Him.
THE GARMENTS OF SONSHIP
Throughout Scripture garments continually reveal sonship.
Adam is clothed.
Joseph is clothed.
The prodigal is clothed.
The saints are clothed.
The overcomers are clothed.
The bride is clothed.
Revelation 19:8
“And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white.”
The story remains consistent.
The Father provides the garment.
The Father reveals the son.
The Father reveals the inheritance.
The Father reveals His purpose.
Joseph’s coat was never merely a coat.
It was a revelation.
It was a prophecy.
It was a picture of sonship.
It was another unveiling of the Garment of God.
And as the revelation continues, Scripture will show that not all garments are clean garments.
Some garments must be removed before God’s garment can be fully revealed.
CHAPTER 6
THE CHANGE OF RAIMENT
As the revelation of the Garment of God unfolds through Scripture, we arrive at one of the most powerful garment passages in the entire Bible.
The scene is not in Eden.
The scene is not in Egypt.
The scene is not in a palace.
The scene is in heaven itself.
A priest stands before God.
His garments are filthy.
Satan stands nearby accusing him.
Then God intervenes.
What follows is one of the clearest revelations of grace in all Scripture.
JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST
Zechariah 3:1
“And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.”
Immediately the Spirit reveals three participants.
Joshua.
The Lord.
The accuser.
The scene mirrors humanity itself.
Man stands before God.
The accuser presents accusations.
Then God speaks.
The Garment of God is about to be revealed in a remarkable way.
FILTHY GARMENTS
Zechariah 3:3
“Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.”
The garments are filthy.
The garments reveal condition.
The garments reveal uncleanness.
The garments reveal inability.
The garments reveal everything man cannot fix through his own effort.
Notice something important.
Joshua is the high priest.
Yet even the high priest stands in filthy garments.
Religious position cannot solve the problem.
Religious activity cannot solve the problem.
Human effort cannot solve the problem.
The need remains the same.
A change of raiment.
SATAN THE ACCUSER
Zechariah 3:1
“Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.”
Revelation 12:10
“For the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.”
The accuser always focuses on filthy garments.
The accuser points to weakness.
The accuser points to failure.
The accuser points to shortcomings.
The accuser points to imperfection.
This is what he did in Eden.
This is what he does here.
This is what he continues to do.
His entire ministry revolves around accusation.
The Garment of God destroys accusation.
THE LORD REBUKES THE ACCUSER
Zechariah 3:2
“And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan.”
Notice who speaks.
Joshua does not defend himself.
Joshua does not justify himself.
Joshua does not argue his case.
The Lord speaks.
The Lord intervenes.
The Lord rebukes the accuser.
This is the same reality revealed in Christ.
Romans 8:33
“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.”
Romans 8:34
“Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died.”
The answer to accusation is not self-defense.
The answer is divine justification.
TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS
Zechariah 3:4
“And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him.”
Notice again the pattern.
Joshua does not remove them.
God removes them.
The initiative belongs to heaven.
The work belongs to heaven.
The provision belongs to heaven.
This is the revelation of grace.
The Garment of God is never produced through human effort.
It is supplied through divine action.
I HAVE CAUSED THINE INIQUITY TO PASS
Zechariah 3:4
“Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee.”
These words are astonishing.
God does not say:
“You removed your iniquity.”
“You earned your cleansing.”
“You perfected yourself.”
He says:
“I have caused.”
This language appears throughout Scripture.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
“A new heart also will I give you…
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes.”
The work belongs to God.
The cleansing belongs to God.
The transformation belongs to God.
The Garment of God belongs to God.
A CHANGE OF RAIMENT
Zechariah 3:4
“And I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”
What a beautiful phrase.
Change of raiment.
Not patched garments.
Not repaired garments.
Not improved garments.
New garments.
The old condition is removed.
The new condition is supplied.
This is redemption.
This is reconciliation.
This is justification.
This is the Garment of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.”
Not repaired.
Not improved.
New.
THE FAIR MITRE
Zechariah 3:5
“And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments.”
The restoration is complete.
The priest now stands clothed.
The priest now stands accepted.
The priest now stands cleansed.
The priest now stands restored.
The scene that began with accusation ends with acceptance.
The scene that began with filthy garments ends with divine clothing.
The Garment of God has once again triumphed over shame.
THE PRODIGAL AND THE CHANGE OF RAIMENT
Luke 15:22
“But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him.”
The same pattern appears.
The son arrives in failure.
The father provides the robe.
The son arrives broken.
The father provides acceptance.
The son arrives unworthy.
The father provides honor.
The Garment of God is always supplied by the Father.
PUT OFF THE OLD MAN
Ephesians 4:22-24
“Put off concerning the former conversation the old man…
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
And that ye put on the new man.”
The language remains garment language.
Put off.
Put on.
Remove.
Receive.
The old man corresponds to filthy garments.
The new man corresponds to the Garment of God.
Colossians 3:9-10
“Seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
And have put on the new man.”
The change of raiment continues through the New Testament.
WHITE RAIMENT
Revelation 3:5
“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment.”
Revelation 3:18
“And white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed.”
The white garments of Revelation are the ultimate continuation of Zechariah’s vision.
Joshua receives a change of raiment.
The overcomers receive white raiment.
The principle remains unchanged.
God provides the garment.
God provides the righteousness.
God provides the acceptance.
God provides the covering.
THE GARMENT OF GOD REVEALED
The vision of Joshua reveals one of the greatest truths in Scripture.
The filthy garments had to go.
The accusations had to go.
The shame had to go.
The condemnation had to go.
Then God provided a change of raiment.
The story is not about Joshua.
The story is about Christ.
The story is about grace.
The story is about every believer who stands before God clothed not in his own righteousness but in God’s righteousness.
Isaiah 61:10
“He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.”
This is the revelation of the Garment of God.
Filthy garments removed.
New garments supplied.
Accusation silenced.
Acceptance granted.
The old man put off.
The new man put on.
And all of it accomplished by the grace of God.
The change of raiment is one of the clearest pictures of redemption in all Scripture, and it prepares us for the next great revelation:
“Let thy garments always be white.”
CHAPTER 8
THE WEDDING GARMENT
As the revelation of the Garment of God unfolds through Scripture, we arrive at one of the most sobering and misunderstood parables ever spoken by Jesus.
A king prepares a wedding.
Guests are invited.
The wedding chamber is filled.
Then the king notices one man.
The man is present.
The man accepted the invitation.
The man entered the celebration.
But something is missing.
He lacks the wedding garment.
Matthew 22:11
“And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment.”
This single garment becomes the center of the entire parable.
The Garment of God is now revealed in the context of marriage, union, and the Kingdom.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING’S SON
Matthew 22:2
“The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son.”
Everything begins with the son.
The wedding is for the son.
The feast is for the son.
The invitation is for the son.
The celebration is for the son.
The entire purpose of redemption ultimately centers upon Christ.
John 3:29
“He that hath the bride is the bridegroom.”
Revelation 19:7
“For the marriage of the Lamb is come.”
The wedding garment cannot be understood apart from the Son.
The Garment of God is always connected to Christ.
MANY ARE INVITED
Matthew 22:9
“Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.”
The invitation goes everywhere.
The invitation is broad.
The invitation is gracious.
The invitation reaches beyond natural boundaries.
The king desires a full house.
Luke 14:23
“Compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.”
The heart of God is not exclusion.
The heart of God is invitation.
The wedding feast is prepared.
The table is set.
The door is open.
THE MAN WITHOUT A GARMENT
Matthew 22:11
“And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment.”
The man is present.
Yet he lacks the garment.
This is significant.
The issue is not attendance.
The issue is clothing.
The issue is covering.
The issue is identity.
The issue is righteousness.
The issue is the Garment of God.
Throughout history many have attempted to enter God’s presence clothed in their own righteousness.
Many have attempted to stand before God wearing fig leaves.
Many have attempted to stand before God wearing religious achievements.
Many have attempted to stand before God wearing human merit.
Yet the wedding garment cannot be self-produced.
SPEECHLESS
Matthew 22:12
“And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.”
The man has no answer.
He cannot defend himself.
He cannot justify himself.
He cannot explain his condition.
Why?
Because no defense exists.
No human righteousness can stand before God.
Romans 3:19
“That every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”
The man is speechless because self-righteousness always becomes speechless before divine righteousness.
The Garment of God is the only acceptable covering.
THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Isaiah 61:10
“He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.”
Notice once again.
The robe is supplied.
The robe is given.
The robe is provided.
The robe originates with God.
This is the opposite of the fig leaf system.
Adam produced fig leaves.
God produced garments.
The wedding garment belongs to God.
The Garment of God cannot be earned.
It can only be received.
CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
Jeremiah 23:6
“And this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
1 Corinthians 1:30
“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.”
Christ Himself becomes our righteousness.
Christ Himself becomes our acceptance.
Christ Himself becomes our covering.
The wedding garment is ultimately Christ.
The Garment of God is Christ.
THE PRODIGAL’S ROBE
Luke 15:22
“But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him.”
The father did not wait for the son to earn the robe.
The father supplied the robe.
The robe came before restoration.
The robe came before celebration.
The robe came before service.
The robe came before maturity.
The father covered the son immediately.
This is grace.
This is the Garment of God.
THE BRIDE’S GARMENT
Revelation 19:7-8
“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white.”
Notice the language carefully.
“Granted.”
The garment is granted.
The garment is given.
The garment is supplied.
The garment is not achieved.
The garment is not manufactured.
The garment is not earned.
The bride receives the garment.
The Garment of God remains a gift of grace from beginning to end.
FINE LINEN CLEAN AND WHITE
Revelation 19:8
“For the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.”
The righteousness revealed here is not self-generated righteousness.
It is righteousness received from God.
Philippians 3:9
“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness.”
Paul understood the difference.
There is man’s righteousness.
There is God’s righteousness.
There are fig leaves.
There is the wedding garment.
There is self-effort.
There is the Garment of God.
THE BRIDE MADE READY
Ephesians 5:25-27
“Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
That he might sanctify and cleanse it…
That he might present it to himself a glorious church.”
Notice who performs the work.
Christ sanctifies.
Christ cleanses.
Christ prepares.
Christ presents.
The bride does not prepare herself apart from Him.
The bride is prepared by the Bridegroom.
The Garment of God remains the work of God.
BLESSED ARE THEY
Revelation 19:9
“Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.”
The invitation is blessed.
The feast is blessed.
The marriage is blessed.
The garment is blessed.
Everything centers upon union with Christ.
The wedding garment reveals more than acceptance.
It reveals relationship.
It reveals union.
It reveals covenant.
It reveals participation in the life of the Bridegroom.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB
The wedding garment is not merely a garment.
It is a revelation.
It reveals righteousness.
It reveals grace.
It reveals acceptance.
It reveals union.
It reveals Christ Himself.
The man without the garment trusted in something other than God’s provision.
The bride wears what the Bridegroom provides.
This is the difference.
This is the mystery.
This is the revelation of the Garment of God.
The story began with Adam hiding among the trees.
It now advances toward a bride clothed in fine linen, clean and white.
And as the revelation continues, we will discover that the white garments of Revelation are far more than symbolic robes.
They reveal the identity, victory, and standing of the saints before the throne of God.
CHAPTER 9
WHITE RAIMENT AND THE ROBES OF THE SAINTS
As the revelation of the Garment of God unfolds, the Book of Revelation brings us to one of the most glorious pictures in all of Scripture.
Again and again the saints appear clothed.
Again and again white garments appear.
Again and again white raiment appears.
The Spirit is emphasizing something.
The saints are not standing before God naked.
The saints are not standing before God ashamed.
The saints are not hiding among the trees of the garden.
They are clothed.
They are accepted.
They are victorious.
They are standing before the throne in the Garment of God.
THE CHURCH IN SARDIS
Revelation 3:4
“Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.”
The first mention of white garments in Revelation appears in the letters to the churches.
Notice the promise.
“They shall walk with me in white.”
White garments reveal fellowship.
White garments reveal acceptance.
White garments reveal communion.
The same God who walked with Adam in the garden now promises that His people shall walk with Him in white.
The Garment of God has brought restoration.
HE THAT OVERCOMETH
Revelation 3:5
“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment.”
Notice once again.
The emphasis is not merely on white garments.
The emphasis is on being clothed.
The language reaches all the way back to Eden.
Adam lost his covering.
God provided a covering.
Now the overcomer appears clothed in white raiment.
The Garment of God continues its journey through Scripture.
BUY OF ME WHITE RAIMENT
Revelation 3:18
“I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire… and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear.”
This verse directly connects white raiment to nakedness.
The Spirit intentionally links Revelation to Genesis.
Notice the phrase:
“The shame of thy nakedness.”
The issue has never changed.
Nakedness.
Shame.
Covering.
Garments.
White raiment.
The entire story continues unfolding.
The Garment of God removes the shame of nakedness.
THE SHAME OF NAKEDNESS
Genesis 3:10
“I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Revelation 3:18
“That the shame of thy nakedness do not appear.”
The Bible is remarkably consistent.
The shame that entered through Adam is answered through Christ.
The fear that entered through Adam is answered through Christ.
The hiding that entered through Adam is answered through Christ.
The Garment of God removes what entered through the fall.
A GREAT MULTITUDE
Revelation 7:9
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes.”
What a picture.
Every nation.
Every tribe.
Every language.
Every people.
Standing before the throne.
Clothed with white robes.
The Garment of God is not limited to one nation.
The Garment of God is not limited to one age.
The Garment of God is not limited to one people.
The Lamb has gathered a multitude.
WHO ARE THESE IN WHITE ROBES?
Revelation 7:13
“What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?”
The question is asked directly.
Who are these people?
Why are they clothed in white?
Why are their robes significant?
The answer follows immediately.
THEY WASHED THEIR ROBES
Revelation 7:14
“These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
This is one of the greatest mysteries of Scripture.
Blood normally stains.
The blood of Christ cleanses.
Blood normally darkens.
The blood of Christ whitens.
Blood normally marks.
The blood of Christ purifies.
Isaiah 1:18
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”
The white robes reveal the power of redemption.
The white robes reveal the victory of the Lamb.
The white robes reveal the Garment of God.
BEFORE THE THRONE
Revelation 7:15
“Therefore are they before the throne of God.”
Notice where the white robes bring them.
The throne.
The presence.
The fellowship.
The access.
Adam hid from God’s presence.
These stand before God’s throne.
Adam fled.
These remain.
Adam feared.
These worship.
The Garment of God has restored what was lost.
THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS
Revelation 4:4
“And upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment.”
White garments appear around the throne itself.
The elders wear white.
The overcomers wear white.
The multitude wears white.
The bride wears white.
White garments become one of the defining images of heavenly reality.
The Garment of God is continually revealed through white raiment.
THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN
Revelation 19:14
“And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.”
The armies wear white.
The bride wears white.
The elders wear white.
The overcomers wear white.
The saints wear white.
The entire heavenly order appears clothed in purity, righteousness, and victory.
The Garment of God fills the pages of Revelation.
WITHOUT SPOT
Ephesians 5:27
“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.”
The white garment reveals God’s completed work.
No stain.
No wrinkle.
No blemish.
No accusation.
No condemnation.
The garment reveals Christ’s righteousness.
Not human achievement.
Not self-produced holiness.
Christ Himself.
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
Romans 3:22
“Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe.”
Notice the phrase:
“Upon all.”
The language itself reflects clothing.
Righteousness comes upon His people.
The Garment of God comes upon His people.
The covering comes from Him.
The acceptance comes from Him.
The righteousness comes from Him.
THE GARMENT OF GOD BEFORE THE THRONE
The Book of Revelation brings the story full circle.
The Bible began with a naked man hiding in a garden.
The Bible now reveals a redeemed people clothed before a throne.
The Bible began with shame.
The Bible ends with acceptance.
The Bible began with fear.
The Bible ends with worship.
The Bible began with fig leaves.
The Bible ends with white robes.
The Garment of God has accomplished its purpose.
The saints stand before the Lamb clothed in white raiment.
Not because of their own righteousness.
Not because of their own works.
Not because of their own effort.
But because of the blood of the Lamb.
The white robes testify forever that God’s provision was greater than Adam’s fall.
And yet the revelation continues.
For beyond white raiment lies an even greater mystery:
The Garment of God is not merely something believers wear.
Ultimately, believers are called to put on Christ Himself.
CHAPTER 10
PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
As the revelation of the Garment of God reaches the New Testament, a remarkable truth begins to emerge.
The garment is no longer merely a coat.
The garment is no longer merely a robe.
The garment is no longer merely white raiment.
The garment is no longer merely fine linen.
The garment becomes a Person.
The revelation reaches its highest expression when believers are commanded to put on Christ Himself.
The Garment of God is ultimately Christ.
PUT YE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
Romans 13:14
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
This statement is extraordinary.
Paul does not say:
Put on a doctrine.
Put on a religion.
Put on a denomination.
Put on a system.
He says:
“Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.”
The language is garment language.
Wear Christ.
Be clothed with Christ.
Be covered with Christ.
Be identified with Christ.
The Garment of God is now revealed as a living Person.
CHRIST OUR LIFE
Colossians 3:4
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
Notice carefully.
Christ does not merely give life.
Christ is our life.
The Garment of God is not merely something Christ provides.
The Garment of God is Christ Himself.
Everything God desires to clothe man with is found in His Son.
Righteousness.
Holiness.
Wisdom.
Acceptance.
Life.
Inheritance.
Glory.
Everything is found in Christ.
BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST
Galatians 3:27
“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”
Again the language is unmistakable.
Put on Christ.
Wear Christ.
Be clothed with Christ.
The believer is no longer identified by Adam.
The believer is identified by Christ.
The believer is no longer defined by nakedness.
The believer is defined by divine covering.
The believer is clothed in the Garment of God.
THE NEW MAN
Ephesians 4:22-24
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man…
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
And that ye put on the new man.”
The contrast is clear.
The old man.
The new man.
Adam.
Christ.
The fallen nature.
The new creation.
The language of clothing continues.
Put off.
Put on.
Remove.
Receive.
The Garment of God reveals the transition from Adam to Christ.
CREATED AFTER GOD
Ephesians 4:24
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
Notice the description.
Righteousness.
Holiness.
The very things Adam lost are restored in Christ.
The Garment of God reveals what God intended from the beginning.
Not merely forgiven people.
Not merely religious people.
But a people clothed in divine life.
CHRIST IN YOU
Colossians 1:27
“Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
The mystery deepens.
Not only are believers clothed with Christ.
Christ dwells within them.
The Garment of God is both inward and outward.
Christ within.
Christ upon.
Christ revealed.
Christ manifested.
The entire purpose of redemption is moving toward the unveiling of Christ.
NOT HAVING MINE OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS
Philippians 3:9
“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law.”
Paul abandoned every self-made garment.
Every religious achievement.
Every fleshly confidence.
Every fig leaf.
His desire was simple.
To be found in Christ.
This is the revelation of the Garment of God.
Not having mine own righteousness.
But His righteousness.
Not my garment.
His garment.
Not my covering.
His covering.
CHRIST THE LAST ADAM
1 Corinthians 15:45
“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”
The first Adam introduced nakedness.
The last Adam introduces covering.
The first Adam introduced shame.
The last Adam introduces righteousness.
The first Adam introduced fear.
The last Adam introduces boldness.
The first Adam hid from God.
The last Adam brings man into the presence of God.
The Garment of God answers everything Adam lost.
THE MIND OF CHRIST
1 Corinthians 2:16
“But we have the mind of Christ.”
The clothing of Christ is not merely external.
It affects the mind.
It affects the heart.
It affects perception.
It affects identity.
The knowledge of nakedness came through the tree of knowledge.
The revelation of Christ comes through the mind of Christ.
The Garment of God transforms how man sees God, himself, and creation.
CHRIST ALL AND IN ALL
Colossians 3:10-11
“And have put on the new man…
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew…
But Christ is all, and in all.”
This is one of the greatest statements in Scripture.
Christ is all.
Christ is the garment.
Christ is the righteousness.
Christ is the life.
Christ is the acceptance.
Christ is the inheritance.
Christ is the covering.
The Garment of God ultimately reveals Christ filling all things.
THE REVELATION OF SONSHIP
Romans 8:29
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.”
God’s purpose is not merely forgiveness.
God’s purpose is conformity to Christ.
The Father desires sons bearing the image of His Son.
The Garment of God reveals that purpose.
To be clothed with Christ.
To bear His image.
To reveal His nature.
To manifest His life.
THE GARMENT OF GOD REVEALED IN CHRIST
The journey that began in Eden now reaches a glorious revelation.
The garment is not merely symbolic.
The garment is not merely prophetic.
The garment is Christ.
Adam attempted to cover himself.
God provided a covering.
The prophets spoke of robes of righteousness.
The priests wore holy garments.
Joshua received a change of raiment.
The bride received fine linen.
The saints received white robes.
And now the mystery is unveiled.
Put on Christ.
Wear Christ.
Be found in Christ.
Live in Christ.
The Garment of God is ultimately the revelation of Christ Himself.
Yet an even greater unveiling remains.
For Scripture declares that believers are not merely clothed with righteousness.
One day mortality itself shall be clothed with immortality.
The final garment is yet to be revealed.
CHAPTER 11
CLOTHED UPON WITH IMMORTALITY
As the revelation of the Garment of God reaches its highest expression, we arrive at the final garment spoken of in Scripture.
The journey began in Eden.
Adam stood naked and unashamed.
Then shame entered.
Fear entered.
Death entered.
God provided a covering.
Throughout Scripture garments revealed righteousness, sonship, acceptance, authority, and union with Christ.
Yet there remains one final garment.
One final clothing.
One final unveiling.
Mortality itself must be clothed.
NOT UNCLOTHED BUT CLOTHED UPON
2 Corinthians 5:1-4
“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God…
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.”
Notice Paul’s language.
Not unclothed.
Clothed upon.
Not stripped.
Covered.
Not naked.
Clothed.
The language of Eden suddenly reappears.
Paul is speaking the language of the Garment of God.
THAT WE BE NOT FOUND NAKED
2 Corinthians 5:3
“If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.”
This verse reaches all the way back to Genesis.
Adam was found naked.
Adam became conscious of nakedness.
Adam hid because of nakedness.
Now Paul reveals the final answer.
Not naked.
Clothed.
The Garment of God ultimately removes every trace of Adamic nakedness.
MORTALITY SWALLOWED UP
2 Corinthians 5:4
“That mortality might be swallowed up of life.”
What a statement.
Not improved by life.
Not assisted by life.
Not strengthened by life.
Swallowed up by life.
This is the language of complete victory.
This is the language of complete transformation.
The Garment of God reaches beyond forgiveness.
Beyond justification.
Beyond reconciliation.
Into life itself.
THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY
1 Corinthians 15:53
“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
Again the language remains consistent.
Put on.
Clothe.
Wear.
Receive.
The Spirit continues using garment language.
Immortality itself is described as clothing.
The Garment of God reaches its ultimate expression when mortality puts on immortality.
DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY
1 Corinthians 15:54
“So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”
The story that began with death entering through Adam now reaches its conclusion.
Death entered.
Christ conquered.
Life prevailed.
Immortality appears.
The Garment of God becomes complete.
THE LAST ENEMY
1 Corinthians 15:26
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
Throughout Scripture death is revealed as the great intruder.
Death entered through sin.
Death entered through Adam.
Death entered through the fall.
Yet Christ came to abolish death.
2 Timothy 1:10
“But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.”
Notice carefully.
Life.
Immortality.
The Gospel reveals both.
The Garment of God ultimately reveals both.
CHRIST THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
John 11:25
“I am the resurrection, and the life.”
The answer is not merely immortality.
The answer is Christ.
The answer has always been Christ.
The Garment of God is Christ.
The life is Christ.
The resurrection is Christ.
The immortality is Christ.
Everything culminates in Him.
THE HEAVENLY IMAGE
1 Corinthians 15:47-49
“The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.”
Adam’s image is not the final image.
Mortality is not the final image.
Corruption is not the final image.
The heavenly image is the final image.
The Garment of God reveals the heavenly man.
FASHIONED LIKE UNTO HIS GLORIOUS BODY
Philippians 3:20-21
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.”
The transformation is comprehensive.
Not merely spiritual.
Not merely mental.
Not merely emotional.
The entire man is touched by the life of Christ.
The Garment of God reaches every dimension of human existence.
THE GLORY WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED
Romans 8:18-19
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”
Creation is waiting.
Creation is groaning.
Creation is anticipating.
What is creation waiting for?
The unveiling of sonship.
The revelation of Christ.
The manifestation of the life of God.
The Garment of God becoming visible in His sons.
THE TABERNACLE OF GOD
Revelation 21:3
“Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men.”
The story has come full circle.
In Eden, God walked with man.
In Revelation, God dwells openly with man.
No veil.
No separation.
No shame.
No hiding.
The Garment of God has accomplished its purpose.
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH
Revelation 21:4
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death.”
This is the final victory.
The final enemy gone.
The final separation removed.
The final trace of Adam abolished.
The final garment fully revealed.
Immortality.
Life.
Christ.
THE FINAL GARMENT
The Garment of God began with coats of skin.
It continued through priestly garments.
It appeared in Joseph’s coat.
It appeared in Joshua’s change of raiment.
It appeared in white garments.
It appeared in the wedding garment.
It appeared in Christ Himself.
Now it reaches its ultimate unveiling.
Mortality clothed with immortality.
Corruption clothed with incorruption.
Death swallowed up by life.
The Garment of God is not merely a covering for sin.
The Garment of God is the complete triumph of life over death.
The complete triumph of Christ over Adam.
The complete triumph of immortality over mortality.
And in the final chapter we will see where this glorious journey ends:
God all in all.
CHAPTER 12
THE GARMENT OF GOD AND GOD ALL IN ALL
The revelation of the Garment of God has carried us on a journey through the entire Bible.
We began in Eden.
We saw Adam naked and unashamed.
We witnessed the entrance of shame.
We watched man sew fig leaves.
We saw God provide garments.
We followed the revelation through Joseph, Joshua, the priests, the prophets, the bride, the overcomers, and the saints.
We discovered that Christ Himself is the Garment of God.
We saw mortality clothed with immortality.
Now we arrive at the final destination of the entire story.
God all in all.
THE END WAS PRESENT IN THE BEGINNING
Isaiah 46:9-10
“For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.”
God saw the end before the beginning.
The purpose existed before creation.
The plan existed before Adam.
The Lamb was slain before the foundation of the world.
Revelation 13:8
“The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
The Garment of God was not God’s reaction to the fall.
The Garment of God was part of God’s eternal purpose.
The end was already hidden in the beginning.
THE FIRST ADAM AND THE LAST ADAM
1 Corinthians 15:45
“The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”
The Bible reveals two men.
The first Adam.
The last Adam.
The first man brought nakedness.
The last Man brought covering.
The first man brought fear.
The last Man brought boldness.
The first man brought death.
The last Man brought life.
The Garment of God is God’s answer to everything introduced through the first Adam.
CHRIST FILLETH ALL THINGS
Ephesians 4:10
“He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.”
Notice the goal.
Fill all things.
Not some things.
Not religious things.
All things.
The purpose of God is universal in scope.
Christ fills what Adam emptied.
Christ restores what Adam lost.
Christ clothes what Adam exposed.
The Garment of God is ultimately the filling of all things with Christ.
THE FULLNESS OF HIM
Ephesians 1:22-23
“And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.”
The church is revealed as His body.
His fullness.
His expression.
His manifestation.
The Garment of God is not merely individual.
It is corporate.
The body of Christ becomes the visible expression of the invisible Christ.
THE CREATION GROANS
Romans 8:21
“Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”
Romans 8:22
“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”
Creation groans because creation remembers.
Creation longs for restoration.
Creation longs for liberty.
Creation longs for life.
Creation longs for the revelation of the sons of God.
The Garment of God extends beyond individuals.
The Garment of God reaches creation itself.
THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD
Romans 8:19
“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”
The sons reveal the Son.
The body reveals the Head.
The many reveal the One.
The Garment of God becomes visible through manifested sonship.
Creation waits for this unveiling.
Creation waits for this revelation.
Creation waits for Christ revealed in His people.
A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH
Revelation 21:1
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth.”
The story now reaches its consummation.
The old order passes away.
The former things pass away.
The reign of death passes away.
The reign of corruption passes away.
The reign of separation passes away.
The Garment of God has accomplished its purpose.
THE TABERNACLE OF GOD WITH MEN
Revelation 21:3
“Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people.”
The journey has come full circle.
God walked with Adam in Eden.
God dwells openly with mankind in Revelation.
No hiding.
No shame.
No fear.
No separation.
The Garment of God has restored fellowship.
NO MORE CURSE
Revelation 22:3
“And there shall be no more curse.”
The curse that entered through Adam is gone.
The shame that entered through Adam is gone.
The fear that entered through Adam is gone.
The death that entered through Adam is gone.
The Garment of God has triumphed completely.
NO MORE DEATH
Revelation 21:4
“And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain.”
This is the final victory.
The final enemy has fallen.
The final barrier has been removed.
The final consequence of the fall has disappeared.
Life reigns.
Christ reigns.
The Garment of God is fully revealed.
GOD ALL IN ALL
1 Corinthians 15:24-28
“Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father…
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
Then Paul reaches the climax of all revelation.
1 Corinthians 15:28
“That God may be all in all.”
This is the destination.
This is the purpose.
This is the consummation.
God all in all.
Not God in a few.
Not God in many.
God all in all.
The Garment of God ultimately reveals the triumph of Christ until every enemy is subdued, every purpose fulfilled, every age completed, and God becomes all in all.
THE GARMENT OF GOD REVEALED
The Bible begins with nakedness.
The Bible ends with glory.
The Bible begins with shame.
The Bible ends with acceptance.
The Bible begins with fear.
The Bible ends with fellowship.
The Bible begins with death.
The Bible ends with life.
The Bible begins with Adam hiding among the trees.
The Bible ends with God dwelling openly among His people.
The Bible begins with fig leaves.
The Bible ends with immortality.
The Bible begins with man’s attempt to cover himself.
The Bible ends with Christ filling all things.
This is the revelation of the Garment of God.
The Garment of God is not merely a coat.
The Garment of God is not merely a robe.
The Garment of God is not merely white raiment.
The Garment of God is Christ Himself.
Christ our righteousness.
Christ our covering.
Christ our life.
Christ our immortality.
Christ our acceptance.
Christ our inheritance.
Christ our fullness.
The story that began with nakedness in Eden ends with creation clothed in the life of God.
The story that began with shame ends with glory.
The story that began with Adam ends with Christ.
The story that began in a garden ends with a throne.
And the final testimony of the Garment of God is this:
God has provided the covering.
God has provided the righteousness.
God has provided the life.
God has provided the Son.
And through Christ, the day comes when every purpose is fulfilled, every enemy is defeated, every age is completed, and God is all in all.
Amen.
