Tuesday, July 3, 2018

The Lamb


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9jh0L0wz5M&list=RDQMG_-o41sCwr4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUUjy803VG4&index=12&list=RDmMbGIhSs750



Related image

The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!  First pictured in the animals who gave their lives to provide the garments for covering the shame of Adam and Eve in the Garden. And the ram caught in the thorn bush, who became the substitute for Isaac, offered on the very hill, Mount Moriah, where Jesus would be crucified. And then the Passover Lamb, whose blood marked the door of the house where the first born were protected from death, when the Death Angel passed over in Egypt.

The wages of sin are death.  The soul that sins will surely die. Someone had to die to satisfy the debt. So Jesus offered His perfect life through suffering on the cross to pay the debt, my debt.  Your debt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opgFgY4rnU4

John the Baptist, "Behold, the Lamb of God"

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
Jesus Calls the First Disciples

35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

They followed Jesus.  Another John was among those who followed Jesus, and years later, writing from Patmos, John the Apostle revealed this vision of the Lamb of God in His Glory.

Rev 7:13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The lamb is the shepherd!  Who would know better than the lamb about the needs of the sheep?  The writer of Hebrews tells about the qualification of our Shepherd.  

The Founder of Salvation

Heb 2:5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. 6 It has been testified somewhere,

“What is man, that you are mindful of him,
or the son of man, that you care for him?
7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned him with glory and honor,
8 putting everything in subjection under his feet.”

Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,12 saying,

“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”

13 And again,

“I will put my trust in him.”

And again,

“Behold, I and the children God has given me.”

14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. 16 For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham.17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

No comments:

Post a Comment