White As SNow

White as Snow

“Come now, and let us reason together, says Jehovah; though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” … Isa 1:18 

There is something quite mesmerizing about snow, it is that “white,” a white that can make everything underneath it look beautiful. The color white and snow are both metaphors in Scripture for something quite beautiful as well. White is actually defined as that which is absent of any color, and so it represents the perfect Holy nature of God Himself. In Him, there is no shadow of turning, for He alone is perfect in Holiness. White is a picture for us of the sinless perfect essence of God Himself, in Him, there is no darkness at all. Snow is another interesting metaphor, for it is a picture of the blanket of purity that God lays over His children, much in the same way snow blankets the ground in the winter. Under that snow is all manner of darkness and decay, only now hidden by the beauty of the snow which now covers it. Snow is a picture of the righteousness that covers and blankets our sin, allowing us to appear beautiful as we are clothed in white raiment. However, there is another interesting aspect concerning snow on the ground, and that is, it makes everything not white stand out. Though there be a whole acre covered with snow, something as small as a little branch stands out like a sore thumb. The same is true of us and the sin in our lives. Like that little branch protruding through the snow, sin stands out, and breaks the tranquility of the blanket that surrounds it. Today, as we look outside, if we look with spiritual eyes, we can see the beauty of God’s Holiness, we can also see how we are made white, as He gently lays His righteousness, like a blanket of snow over us, but we can also see, how easy it is to take away from this beautiful image He has painted for us, by allowing sin into our lives. Living Holy as He is Holy, assures that others always see the beauty of the blanket of snow the Lord has laid over us!

Rev. Joel M McDuffie Jr.

12/9/2018