“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto
him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29
I
was getting ready the other morning and had my Bible app on my phone reading to
me John chapter 1. And when I heard
what John said in this verse, it floored me.
I’ve read and heard the verse many times, but it caught my attention in
a different way this time. “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away
the sin of the world.”
Several
times in Scripture, Jesus Christ is referred to as a Lamb. But why a lamb? A lamb is such a small, unassuming
animal. And I believe that you would
agree with me that Who Jesus is and what Jesus did on the Cross for us, was
anything but small.
But
then I remembered that the Bible also refers to Jesus using a different animal.
Revalation 5:5 “And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the
tribe of
Juda,
the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven
seals thereof.”
Here,
the Bible is referring to Jesus as the Lion Who will conquer. A lion is anything but small and unassuming. A lion is a large, confident animal. He is commonly referred to as the “king of
the jungle”.
It
is a concept that is hard to completely understand. The Lord God of Heaven had to humble Himself
as a lamb in order to be the sacrifice for the redemption of all the sins of
mankind. Then this same Lord God of Heaven
will come back as the Lion to conquer and defeat all so that we, the redeemed,
can live forever with Him in Heaven.
I
read an article where I thought the author put it wonderfully by saying:
“Jesus
is not merely a simple thing like a lion or like a lamb, but is a Lion-like
Lamb and a Lamb-like Lion. Therefore, He
is admirable and excellent and worthy to take the scroll and open its seals and
bring this world to an end for the glory of His name and the good of His
ransomed people. And you can be among that number if you trust Him as your
Lamb, and submit to Him as your Lion.”
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