The Lamb Of God

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

The lamb represented the continual process of God rescuing His people from oppression.

When the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, God told the people to take the blood of a lamb and spread it on their doorposts.

When the death angel came through the land to kill the firstborn son, if it saw the lamb’s blood on the doorposts, it would Pass – over the house and spare the child.

Because of this story, the lamb became a symbol of God’s faithfulness and deliverance.

Then, many years later, after Israel had become exiled in Babylon, the prophet Isaiah said that God would raise up a servant to deliver the people and that He would be a suffering servant.

What’s really interesting about this is that when John the Baptist spoke, he actually spoke the Aramaic language. The word for lamb in that language meant both lamb and servant!

So, in essence, John was proclaiming to the nation of Israel:
‘Hey everybody, we all know that we are under the oppression of Rome, right. And, we all know that God promised to bring another ‘lamb’ to bail us out, right? Well, here he is!’”

Jesus bridged the gap between sinful man and God. He is the lamb of God.

Praise the Lord for His sacrifice on the Cross, that it was an acceptable offering for our sin.

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” John 1:29