Exodus 39:2-3 They made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.
They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen— the work of skilled hands.
(This ephod, a vestment worn over the chest of the high priest, is woven with symbolic colors, blue to represent heaven, red to represent man, and purple to represent Jesus, Who is both God and Man.
Intertwined and woven throughout are gold threads to show the sparkle and shine of God's royalty and truths. They also provide firmness to show God's omnipresence and rule. Gold represents Christ's deity and His priceless love and sacrifice for us. The symbolic colors represent Christ's identity and His work of atonement
and relate to the broad descriptive themes of Jesus contained in each of the four gospels The white linen shows the purity and sinlessness of Christ and point to Jesus as the Son of Man that Luke depicts. Blue refers to Jesus' source, that He came from heaven, that He was, in fact, God made flesh which John describes. Red represents the earth and red-blooded mankind and hearkens to the humanity of Christ as the suffering Servant which Mark describes. Purple, a combination of blue and red, represents the royalty of Christ and also that Jesus was both fully God and fully Man, the divine and human God Man which Matthew describes.
In all this symbolism, the Lord draws an amazing picture even in the minute details of the priest's clothing of His awesome plan for us, foreshadowing Christ's entrance into humanity, a plan that He chose to reveal even in the minute details of the priest's clothing. Today, we are the recipients of the beauty of these color representations, as we walk out the truth of Who Christ is and of Who He has become in us.)
