The Color White In The Bible

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The Color of Victory
In the last book of the Bible, Revelation, the color white is referred to and has several different meanings depending on the action or story being depicted. A respectable example would be found in 2:14. Here it can be seen that Paul speaks of white as the hair on the head of man. White, in this context, displaying the wisdom and the age of the son of man.
Again in 2:17, white is used to describe a stone that will be given to the victor. Here It can be understood that the stone will have a name on it, therefore, giving it ownership. This ownership expresses that there will be a victor who acquires the stone and because the stone only has one name, it shows the stone is exclusive to the one who possesses it. Similar to the

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