New dress standard for MEN preachers...

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If you are a preacher and you are wearing Fruit of the Doom ... you must reconsider ... there is a reason why GOD CHOSE LINEN BREECHES ... it's to make us separate ....

Comments from Easton’s Bible Dictionary
“(1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is made (Isa 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., "linen cloth", Lev 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deu 22:11.

Flax was early cultivated in Egypt (Exd 9:31), and also in Palestine (Jos 2:6; Hsa 2:9). Various articles were made of it: garments (2Sa 6:14), girdles (Jer 13:1), ropes and thread (Ezek. 40:3), napkins (Luk. 24:12; Jhn. 20:7), turbans (Eze 44:18), and lamp-wicks (Isa 42:3).

(2.) Heb. buts, "whiteness;" rendered "fine linen" in 1 Chr. 4:21; 15:27; 2Ch 2:14; 3:14; Est 1:6; 8:15, and "white linen" 2Ch 5:12. It is not certain whether this word means cotton or linen.

(3.) Heb. Bad SHD 906; possibly from 909 rendered "linen" Exd 28:42; 39:28; Lev 6:10; 16:4, 23, 32; 1Sa 2:18; 2Sa 6:14, etc. It is uniformly used of the sacred vestments worn by the priests. The word is from a root signifying "separation".

(4.) Heb. SHD 8336 shesh; rendered "fine linen" Exd 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc. In Pro 31:22 it is rendered in Authorized Version "silk," and in Revised Version "fine linen." The word denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness ( byssus). The finest Indian linen, the finest now made, 100 threads of warp and 84 of woof per inch; while the Egyptian had sometimes 140 in the warp and 64 in the woof. This was the usual dress of the Egyptian priest. Pharaoh arrayed Joseph in a dress of linen (Gen 41:42).

(5.) Heb. 'etun. Pro 7:16, "fine linen of Egypt;" in Revised Version, "the yarn of Egypt."

(6.) Heb. sadin. Pro 31:24, "fine linen;" in Revised Version, "linen garments" (Jdg. 14:12,13; Isa 3:23). From this Hebrew word is probably derived the Greek word sindon, rendered "linen" in Mar 14:51, 52; 15:46; Mat 27:59.

The word ‘linen’ is used as an emblem of moral purity (Rev 15:6). In Luke 16:19 it is mentioned as “a mark of luxury.”

From Easton, we see there are different types of linen and as we go through the white garments of the priest or High Priest we will try to clarify which type of linen is being described. Even the meaning of Bad (SHD 906) indicates separation and clearly the priests were separate and set apart by God for a holy purpose. Shesh (SHD 8336) rendered "fine linen”, denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness. Again the priests are to reflect God’s light and Law to the entire planet. Here we see even the dress of the priest was to have the pure white reflective quality. SHD 8336 was also the type of linen that curtains in the Tabernacle were made of (Ex. 26:1).

Spiritual implication of the Linen as used in the Priest’s White Garments

Exodus 28:42-43 states: "and you shall make for them linen breeches to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the loins even to the thighs. And they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the tent of meeting or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur guilt and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him."

Linen breeches were for modesty. Priests’ garments were for glory and beauty (Ex. 28:2,40). Part of this beauty was the priest demonstrating modesty. So too should it be with us. In Ephesians 6:14 we see that our loins are to be gird with the truth. Truth is central to the Faith. We must always remain loyal to God’s truth and keep His Law. Without God’s truth we are spiritually dead.

There are five incidents or times linen breeches are used in Scripture. All five occurrences or times use bad (Heb. SHD 906). Exodus 28:42, 39:28 and Leviticus 6:10 refer to the priests’ linen breeches. The text in Leviticus 16:4 talks of the High Priest’s linen breeches and dress on Atonement. Lastly, Ezekiel 44:18 speaks of the dress for the future priests of Zadok in the Temple system. Though people really do not see the priest’s linen breeches they separate the priests from other people just as the truth of God separates us from our friends and family

Of course, the saints can't see our linen breeches ... and since Holiness is displayed outwardly also .... the bonnets are God's sign to a lost world of our Royal Priesthood (1 Peter 2:9)