Picture description: Cleansed from unrighteousness
Picture copyright: V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)
“Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” (Psalm 51:7)
If something or someone is as white as snow, they are perfect or completely uncorrupted and honest.
White is synonymous with purity. In the Bible, white is a colour that symbolizes departure from sin. Once men reconcile their relationship with God, their sins are forgiven, and they become white as snow.
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