As white as snow

Isaiah 1:18

"Says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow....."

Few things are more beautiful and more pure than fresh, white snow. The New Living Translation, Life Application Study Bible explains that Scarlet was the color of a deep-red permanent dye, and its deep stain was virtually impossible to remove from clothing. The stain of sin seems equally permanent (because we can't change the past, can't change what we have done.) But, God can remove sin's stain from our life as he promised to do for the Israelites. We don't have to go through life permanently soiled. It does not matter what we've done or where we've been, God's Word assures us that if we are willing and obedient, Jesus Christ will forgive and remove our most indelible stains. By accepting that His death on the cross was for us, for our sins, we can be washed as clean and white as snow! By accepting His free gift of salvation, we can live as though our sins are as far away as the East is from the West! How awesome that He is ready to meet us right where we are, no matter where we are, and forgive us, as imperfect as we are. That's how much he loves us!!

By the way, the book of Isaiah was written about 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ!