Lamb Of God

John 1:15.27-29 – (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)… He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.” This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Genesis 22:8 – Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

Isaiah 53:7 – He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

1 Peter 1:18-19 – For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

Revelation 5:6 – Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits^[a] of God sent out into all the earth.

1 John 2:2 – He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Application:

• ·         People would normally have ranked Jesus lower in respect than John, who was older.
• ·         It may be that John chose the “Lamb of God as a unique way of referring to Jesus’ mission to point both to the sacrificial offering that Jesus would become and to His subsequent conquest of all evil powers—the two ways by which He “takes away the sin of the world”.
• ·         The immediate fulfillment of Abraham’s trusting response was the ram, but its ultimate fulfillment is the Lamb of God.
• ·         Jesus remained silent before the chief priests and Pilate and before Herod.
• ·         Christ is the Passover lamb who takes away the sin of the world.
• ·         The Lamb was pictured as the sacrifice for sin and as the mighty conqueror.
• ·         God, out of love, sent His Son to make substitutionary atonement for the believer’s sin. In this way the Father’s wrath is satisfied; His wrath against the Christian’s sin has been turned away and directed toward Christ.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV