Before reading any of my blog posts it is important to have already seen The Revelation Of Jesus Christ Documentary. Without this foundation of knowledge, you will not be able to understand the concepts I will be explaining in these teachings. After watching, I would recommend beginning at the oldest blog and working toward the most recent. New posts typically build upon the previous ones.
This post will explain why my garments were parted at the cross and what the spiritual significance is behind these words. If you have seen my documentary, you will understand that the bible is an account of the unseen, what people of today call, “the spiritual realm”. But it is describing people who are alive, and what is truly happening to their spirit when each situation occurs. In the first four books of the New Testament, we see a similar situation arise as in Matthew 27 it says,
35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there.
The purpose of this verse is not to explain that the soldiers literally took my clothes and divided them, as if they needed some extra fabric. Garments themselves are a representation of what you clothe yourself with spiritually. This is evident from Isaiah 59 which says,
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
All Christians understand that the armor of God is something you spiritually gird yourself with when you are grown in wisdom and strength from the word, and yet they cannot see that my garments are also a spiritual attire. As Ephesians 6 says,
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Same exact description of garments as we saw from Isaiah 59. The purpose of saying they parted my garments among them, is to explain that they took my righteousness, and used it for themselves, as if it was their own clothing.
Additionally, we find in Revelation 3 it says,
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.
To defile your garments, as described throughout the chapter, is to lose faith in me, which is evident earlier in the chapter,
1 I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
People claim my name, saying they believe in Jesus, but when I show them that the bible is clearly written about me, they deny my true name and defile their garments. They have a name that they are living (taking my name of Jesus upon them) but in truth, they are dead. This clothing is obviously spiritual, but the problem with men is they are carnal, as we see from Jude 1 which says,
23 and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
The verse is describing the fact that men defile their spiritual garments with their own flesh. The defilement is not by some type of fleshly action, what people of this world view as sin, but it is through a lack of faith which can be understood when Jude 1 said ‘save with fear’ and ‘pulling them out of the fire’. From Romans 8 you can see how looking toward the flesh is the opposite of being spiritual,
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Lastly, we read in Jeremiah 43 it says,
12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
As I have explained many times before, Egypt is the land of bondage, the land I brought you out of, going from flesh to the Spirit. And it should be evident that the garments I am wearing, the same shepherd garments as Jeremiah 43, are spiritual vestures earned from experience and wisdom.