Isa 61:9-10 reads as follows:
Notice how the people of God are said to be "clothed with the garments of salvation" and "covered with the robe of righteousness." While some, mainly Calvinists, may latch onto the last description as evidence that clothing imagery supports the conception of a forensic imputation of righteousness, one's possession of salvation is not reputation merely but a reality, with such clothing imagery serving the role of an outward sign of an inward reality.
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Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the Lord has blessed. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (NRSV)
Notice how the people of God are said to be "clothed with the garments of salvation" and "covered with the robe of righteousness." While some, mainly Calvinists, may latch onto the last description as evidence that clothing imagery supports the conception of a forensic imputation of righteousness, one's possession of salvation is not reputation merely but a reality, with such clothing imagery serving the role of an outward sign of an inward reality.
Such mirrors the use of clothing imagery to describe, not the reputed merely, but the intrinsic righteousness of Yahweh:
The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he had girded himself; the world also is stablished, that is cannot be moved. (Psa 93:1)
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. (Psa 104:1)
