Seven Angels in White Linen with Golden Sashes

Aaron's holy garments, made "for glory and for beauty," carried a girdle of gold, blue, purple and scarlet (Exod 28:2, 8), while on Yom Kippur he was "girded with a linen girdle" (Lev 16:4). Ezekiel saw a man clothed with linen among the executioners, marking the faithful before judgment fell (Ezek 9:2-3, 11), and Daniel's messenger was clothed in linen, his loins "girded with fine gold of Uphaz" (Dan 10:5). In Revelation 15:6 the seven angels come out of the temple in pure white linen with golden girdles, joining Daniel's linen and the high priest's gold. They are priestly agents executing a judicial sentence, not warriors; the bowls are poured from the sanctuary as holy service.