Page 10 - September 2026 - Truth & Tidings

his lovely name with all its accom- Savior of the world (1Jn 4:14) as the “pro-
panying glories has been called the vided lamb.” Abraham called the name
T“Master Theme of the Bible” for it of the place “Jehovah Jireh” – “God will
fills the Scriptures with the wonder of the provide” – for salvation comes only on
person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ. the basis of what God Himself has given.
Interestingly, it’s only John who records The Passover scene in Exodus 12 gives
the name in his Gospel and in the book of us a further truth, for the emphasis is now
Revelation, but the backdrop of the truth on the slaying of the lamb. Each household
of the Lamb is traced from the opening was to select and examine their lamb and
chapters of Genesis in its progressive then kill it on the 14th day and apply the
development. blood to the doorpost of the house. The
lamb was to be without blemish, but that
The Question of the Ages by itself could not bring deliverance. It
Genesis 22 and the “Drama on the was only when the lamb was slain and the
Mount” underlines for us the great ques- blood applied that there would be protec-
tion of the ages. As Abraham and his tion from the coming judgement. God had
son Isaac moved up the mountainside, solemnly stated, “When I see the blood, I
Isaac suddenly realized that the vital and will pass over you” (v13), and, wonder-
necessary object for sacrifice was miss- fully, it was all a picture of the “smiting of
ing: “Behold the fire and the wood: but the Lamb” at Calvary when “Christ died
where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” for our sins.”
(v7). His question is a reminder of the Isaiah 53 is a chapter of revelation; for
1
necessity of the lamb. It’s the same truth the first time in Scripture, we’re made
that Abel faced as he and his brother Cain aware that the lamb who would die is not
themselves approached God by way of an animal but a Person. His name is not
sacrifice. Abel understood that the lamb given but it’s now obvious that Isaiah was
was an indispensable necessity and so he speaking about an individual who would
brought the “firstborn of his flock” as his be “wounded for our transgressions …
offering, and he was accepted, teaching bruised for our iniquities” (v5). He must
us that the first biblical truth of the lamb have wondered at the far-reaching reali-
is its “necessity.” No lamb, no acceptance. ties of the sufferings of this Person who
But Genesis 22 gives us the eternal would be led “as a lamb to the slaughter”
answer to Isaac’s question as Abraham (v7).
responds, “God will provide himself a The Wonderful Declaration
lamb for a burnt offering” (v8) – and in
that singular response, the provision of the John 1:29 stands as the focal point of the
lamb is revealed. It’s not hard to appreci- Scriptures, for John the Baptist’s declara-
ate that it all foreshadowed the ultimate tion, “Behold the Lamb of God, which
gift when the Father sent the Son to be the taketh away the sin of the world,” identifies
the Lamb as Jesus Christ Himself. What a
1 Bible quotations in this article are from the moment for John – and what a moment
KJV. for the world! All the earlier pictures were

266 TRUTH kTidings Sepember 2026