The Transfiguration

At the moment, I am reading Jesus of Nazareth by Joseph Ratzinger, the Pope Benedict XVI. Today, I read about the Transfiguration in the book. As he has been doing so far in the book, the Pope shares some interesting insights about one of the most important events in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The close connection b/t the Transfiguration and Moses' experience in Exodus 34:29-35 is undeniably clear. The superiority of Jesus Christ is also clearly manifested. Moses received the light, but Jesus Christ became the light. So, the text says that the clothes of the Lord Jesus Christ became white as light (Matthew 17:2).
This white clothing seems to be the same type of attire of the people of God in Revelations (cf 7:9, 19:14). Then, the question is how can the clothes of God's people be white. Where do they have to wash their clothes? The answer is found in Revelations as well. Revelations 7:14 says that "they (the people of God) have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Although we wash our filthy clothes with the red blood of Jesus Christ, our clothes will be as white as snow.

Further thoughts:
1. Does this clothes imagery explain Paul's command, such as "put on Jesus Christ (cf. Romans 13:14)."
2. I find it is also interesting that when David talked about the cleansing of his sins, he also uses the analogy of doing laundry (Psalm 51:2). Can it be a simple coincidence?

DongWoo Oh 18.04.2008