The ancient world placed significance on the hem (in Hebrew, the shuwl) of the garment. Shuwl can be translated as hem, skirt, fringe, edge, or train. This shuwl represented one's authority.
We see that when David cut off the hem of Saul’s garment in 1 Samuel 24, David later repented for “an act against the Lord’s anointed.” Cutting off the hem was like taking away Saul’s authority. When Ruth took the edge of Boaz’s garment and covered herself with it, she was asking for him to cover her with his authority and protection.
When a king went to war with another king and won, they would cut off the train of the conquered king’s robe. That piece would then be sewn onto the conquering king’s robe. Each time he conquered another kingdom, his own kingdom became more safe and secure, and his territory would expand as did the train of his robe.
In Matthew 28:18, Jesus says, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” When the woman with the issue of the blood (Matthew 9, Mark 5, and Luke 8) grabbed the hem of Jesus’ robe, she was healed because of His authority over sickness.
In the year that King Uzziah died, “I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1 NIV). Can you envision that? After doing a little research, I found that this vision Isaiah had has even more significance than I ever knew.
The vision that Isaiah saw displayed the Lord seated on the throne with a train that filled the temple. He has conquered ALL!
Every sin
Every evil
Every sickness
Every disease
Every addiction
Every failure
Even death itself
He has stripped the authority away from every one of those things, and his train holds rule and reign over each one of them. His authority fills the temple! Let’s join the heavenly hosts and cry out, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!” (Isaiah 6:3)
We see that when David cut off the hem of Saul’s garment in 1 Samuel 24, David later repented for “an act against the Lord’s anointed.” Cutting off the hem was like taking away Saul’s authority. When Ruth took the edge of Boaz’s garment and covered herself with it, she was asking for him to cover her with his authority and protection.
When a king went to war with another king and won, they would cut off the train of the conquered king’s robe. That piece would then be sewn onto the conquering king’s robe. Each time he conquered another kingdom, his own kingdom became more safe and secure, and his territory would expand as did the train of his robe.
In Matthew 28:18, Jesus says, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” When the woman with the issue of the blood (Matthew 9, Mark 5, and Luke 8) grabbed the hem of Jesus’ robe, she was healed because of His authority over sickness.
In the year that King Uzziah died, “I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1 NIV). Can you envision that? After doing a little research, I found that this vision Isaiah had has even more significance than I ever knew.
The vision that Isaiah saw displayed the Lord seated on the throne with a train that filled the temple. He has conquered ALL!
Every sin
Every evil
Every sickness
Every disease
Every addiction
Every failure
Even death itself
He has stripped the authority away from every one of those things, and his train holds rule and reign over each one of them. His authority fills the temple! Let’s join the heavenly hosts and cry out, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!” (Isaiah 6:3)
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