Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

the fire?'" (Zech. 3:2). Is this not my precious one
whom I am preserving in a special way?
The Lord orders the soiled attire to be removed
speedily and declares: "'See, I have removed your
iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich
robes'" (Zech. 3:4).
Our loving, all-merciful God sweeps Satan's
charges aside, justifying the trembling sinner,
covering him with robes of Christ's righteousness.
As Joshua's dirty robes represented sin, so the new
robe represented the believer's new experience in
Christ. In the process of justification, confessed
and forgiven sin is transferred to the pure and holy
Son of God, the sin-bearing Lamb. "The
undeserving repentant believer, however, is dressed
with the imputed righteousness of Christ. This
exchange of clothes, this divine, saving transaction,
is the Biblical doctrine of justification."[5] The
justified believer has experienced forgiveness and
been purified of his sins.
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