Green

There are five outstanding sacred colours indicated in the Scriptures - gold, blue, red, purple and white. These are eloquent emblems of God's purposes relative to His creatures. There are also other colours which afford helpful meditation, among which is green, which signifies hope and hope's fruition. The colour is made up of blue and yellow. Blue implying faithfulness, and yellow divinity, for it reflects the central portion of the spectrum like gold. Thus we observe that green signifies that all who are faithful to the Lord will possess the living hope of life eternal. True hope implies a joyful anticipation, as well as sincere desire. The Lord looks for this very thing pulsating in our hearts, even as the Apostle reminds us that "we are saved by hope" (Rom.8.24).

In the song of the Bridegroom and Bride we read the words, "our bed is green" (Song of Solomon 1.16). This indicates a hope which accompanies rest of faith. Psalm 23 tells us of green pastures, and suggests spiritual Food of the best kind. The greenness of plant life is caused by chlorophyll, which is its active life principle. We read in Psalm 52.8 "I am a green olive tree in the house of my God." This evidences the hope of life eternal which is based upon the possession of the Holy Spirit as signified by the olive (Exodus 30.24-25).

There is a false hope due either to wrong teaching or hypocrisy. Such a hope will wither, as indicated in Job 8.11-16 and Luke 23.31, where the colour is mentioned in this respect.

In Revelation 4.1-3 our Lord is shown as sitting upon the governmental throne, surrounded by a rainbow, "in sight like unto an emerald." This pictures the glorious fruition of faith, hope and love, which will mean the blessing of all the peoples of the earth by the glorified Messiah.