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now seen in a Man who had come into the rifice has satisfied every claim that God
world to deal with our greatest problem. had against us.
Israel was looking for a military deliverer, His Exclusive Claim
but the problem was greater than politi- In the midst of thousands of lambs
cal bondage. We needed a “sin-bearer,”
and so God sent His Son as the Lamb of down through the centuries, our Lord
God. The lovely features of the Lamb are Jesus Christ stands alone as “the Lamb
worth noting. of God.” His mighty miracles, gracious
words, mighty claims, omniscience and
His Character sinless purity all bear witness to His un-
Lambs are non-aggressive with no surpassed greatness.
sharp claws or fangs. In like manner, our His Eternal Acclamation
Lord came not to condemn the world but
to save it (Joh 3:17). He was “moved with Remarkably, it’s in the book of Rev-
compassion” as He saw people wander- elation that the title “the Lamb of God”
ing as “sheep without a shepherd.” He appears at least 26 times (as opposed to
graciously invited people to take His yoke only two times in John’s Gospel – 1:29,36).
upon them for He is meek and lowly in There is good reason for this. “As the
heart (Mat 11:29). Lamb, Christ was the rejected One, slain
His Submission and Suffering in unresisting meekness. Therefore, it
is as the Lamb that He will be invested
Isaiah’s record focuses on the ultimate with universal rule, will know the joy of
truth concerning the Lamb for it involved His marriage feast, will triumph over all
an altar, death, and the shedding of blood. His foes and will reign forever and ever.
There is nothing humanly beautiful about Men despised the beauty of His character;
Calvary, for He was “brought as a lamb they must learn God’s appreciation of it.”
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to the slaughter, and as a sheep before
her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not In Revelation 5, John sees the Lamb in
his mouth” (53:7). The “slaughter” was the midst of the Throne and the only one
real – painful, vicious, brutal, hateful – but found worthy to open the book. He is
quietly, the Lamb endured all with silence the focus of eternal worship as heaven’s
and submission. multitudes begin to sing, “Worthy is the
His Death and Payment Lamb that was slain to receive power,
and riches, and wisdom, and strength,
John’s declaration revealed the supreme and honour, and glory, and blessing”
feature of His coming, that He would (v12). By Revelation 21 and 22, the Lamb
“take [bear] away the sin of the world.” is seen in His eternal glory. There’s a new
At Calvary, in the darkness and depths of heaven and a new earth, and the center
those awful hours, He “put away sin by of everything is the Throne of God and
the sacrifice of himself” (Heb 9:26). He of the Lamb, for worship and service will
died as our substitute, as the guilt-bearer, be ascribed to Him forever. It’s no wonder
as the Lamb who willingly shed His blood that we love to sing, “The Lamb is all the
as the payment for our sins. We will never glory of Immanuel’s land.”
know or fathom the cost involved when a
righteous God “laid on Him the iniquity 2 H.C. Hewlett, The Glories of Our Lord
of us all,” but thankfully His atoning sac- (Kilmarnock: John Ritchie Limited, 1994), 129.

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