Post by Don Gieseke on Dec 11, 2021 9:24:17 GMT -6
AN AMAZING FACT: Scarlet is a bright red color with a hue that leans toward orange. It is sometimes used as the color of a flame but is often used to describe the color of blood from a living person. The earliest use of the word in the English language to describe a color dates to 1250.
Scarlet is a popular color. It is used in academic dress in the United Kingdom for people awarded doctorates and the undergraduate gowns in the ancient universities of Scotland. In the United States, scarlet is used for the hood borders and other parts to denote a degree in some form of branch of theology. Scarlet is also used in military uniforms. The colors of the United States Marine Corps are scarlet and gold. It is an official school color for many educational institutions and the official color for dozens of sports teams.
It’s also been used in literature. We’ve all heard of The Scarlett Letter and Scarlett O’Hara in the novel Gone With the Wind. Scarlet is a women’s magazine in the UK, a vocal duo, an American music band, a telecommunications company, a Welsh rugby team, and the name of a camera. It’s even the name of a type of streptococcal infection called “Scarlet Fever.”
The Bible talks about the color scarlet (also called crimson). “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus in to the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison around Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’” (Matthew 27:27–29).
Why did Christ wear a robe of scarlet? Isaiah gives us the answer when Israel’s sins are described as “scarlet” and “crimson.” Jesus took upon Himself our sins. He carried our iniquities on His shoulders. Scarlet is a popular color—too popular and common—because it describes our sinful condition. We should be glad Christ wore scarlet that we may be clean. “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” (Psalms 51:7)
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KEY BIBLE TEXTS
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18
From “Amazing Facts”
Scarlet is a popular color. It is used in academic dress in the United Kingdom for people awarded doctorates and the undergraduate gowns in the ancient universities of Scotland. In the United States, scarlet is used for the hood borders and other parts to denote a degree in some form of branch of theology. Scarlet is also used in military uniforms. The colors of the United States Marine Corps are scarlet and gold. It is an official school color for many educational institutions and the official color for dozens of sports teams.
It’s also been used in literature. We’ve all heard of The Scarlett Letter and Scarlett O’Hara in the novel Gone With the Wind. Scarlet is a women’s magazine in the UK, a vocal duo, an American music band, a telecommunications company, a Welsh rugby team, and the name of a camera. It’s even the name of a type of streptococcal infection called “Scarlet Fever.”
The Bible talks about the color scarlet (also called crimson). “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus in to the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison around Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’” (Matthew 27:27–29).
Why did Christ wear a robe of scarlet? Isaiah gives us the answer when Israel’s sins are described as “scarlet” and “crimson.” Jesus took upon Himself our sins. He carried our iniquities on His shoulders. Scarlet is a popular color—too popular and common—because it describes our sinful condition. We should be glad Christ wore scarlet that we may be clean. “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” (Psalms 51:7)
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KEY BIBLE TEXTS
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18
From “Amazing Facts”