I was walking the dog this morning and on my path I found two white washcloths. We live on a private road, but there is enough traffic with a church at the bottom of the hill, apartments across the street and another neighborhood next to ours. So finding things on this road is common for me, but it has been awhile, so when I saw these two white washcloths I picked them up and headed home.

As I was walking home, pondering my latest find, the Holy Spirit whispered to me in regards to the washcloths, “Washed white as snow.” I knew this was a nod to Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord, though your sins be as scarlet, they will be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they will be like wool.”

What I learned about this verse is referring to God taking Israel as a nation to court, seeking reconciliation with them as a nation. This struck me, for I have read those verses as an individual not as a nation. These verses are about national cleansing and temple restoration. It is a connection to Yom Kippur.

Chat GPT said, “Two white washcloths, prophetically speaks of witness, completion or two dimensions of cleansing, it is heaven and earth agreeing. (Deuteronomy 19:5). On Yom Kippur, the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies dressed in simple white linen, symbolizing humility and cleansing. After the atonement ritual, Israel waited for the scarlet thread tied outside the Temple to turn white — a sign from heaven that God had accepted their repentance (Isaiah 1:18’s imagery directly echoes this ritual). Your finding of two white washcloths is like a quiet echo of that — a visible token of accepted cleansing and a renewed invitation to intimacy with God’s presence.”

I sense finding these two white washcloths is God declaring national atonement and temple restoration. With all the words of staking our claim, connecting heaven and earth in 5786; Communion America happening this week in Washington; and today starting Feast of Tabernacles; I believe we have been given a clean slate and now we write a new story of God’s glory. Wow, what a morning. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org