Isaiah 61:10 English Standard Version (ESV) I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul 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 like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Our Lord clothes us with garments of salvation. We will receive white robes. What we wear identifies who we are in society. A white wedding gown is a sign of purity. That is a declarative position pronounced by God the Father during our justification. The covering by robes of righteousness is very similar, in that it is a covering hiding what is underneath. His righteousness is our righteousness. We have no righteousness of our own.

The issue of a headdress is not for the bride. When we put on Christ, He is our glory. He is our headdress. This takes us back to Isaiah 61:6 where we are called the priest of the Lord.

As to the bride adorning herself with jewels, we can see ourselves in relationship to the bridegroom because we are betrothed to Christ. As such God the Father treats us as daughters. Those daughters, betrothed to the Son have no rights, are not allowed to work, and everything they have has been given to them by the Father. This is a spiritual concept, not a secular one. Do not mistake one for the other.

What are these jewels?

Ephesians 4:8 English Standard Version (ESV) Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”^[mankind]

Know that we have been given gifts with purpose. Discover the gifts, learn how they work, get trained in their use, find purpose in them and serve the Lord by serving one another.

Isaiah 61:10 English Standard Version (ESV) I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul 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 like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

As we approach the end of this chapter of Isaiah let us be cautious in our thoughts and not to assume too much.

Who is speaking “I will” in this verse. We are not the bridegroom but the words are “like a priest” meaning there is a comparative association which tells us how He feels and that we might find ourselves feeling the same way.

We might feel the same things but we are still human, still flesh and our feelings are tainted by our humanity. We do not all feel the same, nor do any of us reach that level of experience that our Lord has reached.

The Hebrew word for rejoice here is śûś pronounced soos. It root definition is to be bright, to emit, and we are said to have oil lamps, oil being the Holy Spirit. We are not the light, just lamps, which are not to be hidden.

The Hebrew word for exult here is gîl pronounce gheel. It is a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion). This is beyond our control, any attempt to duplicate this spiritual experience will come short of what is going on inside us in truth. Yet we raise our hands in praise, we dance with glee, and some even get slain in the spirit. All of it comes short of expressing what is in us.

John 4:23-24 English Standard Version

²³ But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. ²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”