Jesus is Our "Passover Lamb"--The Lamb Of God--and He is Alive Forevermore!

When I originally started this thread, it was the news about the Schmallenberg Virus that got me thinking about the Lamb of God.

This virus was and continues to cause lambs to be born with deformities that kill them after a few days.

This was the original article I posted:
[link to www.thesun.co.uk]

Here is an update 4/3/12:
Schmallenberg virus: Eight Devon cases and three in Cornwall
[link to www.bbc.co.uk]

What comes to my mind when I hear about the many lambs that are dying, is the One Lamb who means so much to me--and He is Alive even though many think He never existed or is dead.

I'm sorry if many of you find this offensive, but I love my Savior and am compelled to state what I've stated:

The Lamb of God is Alive Forevermore!

There are over 100 titles and names for Jesus, one of which is the sacrificial Lamb of God.

"The next day, he(John the Baptist) saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
John 1:29

This title, Lamb of God, is the one that remains most precious to my heart.

There are ten notable passages in God's Word where the lamb is conspicuously mentioned:

1. Genesis 4--The account of Abel and his lamb

2. Genesis 22--The incident in which Abraham offers the lamb in place of Isaac.

3. Exodus 12--The Passover lamb slain on the night before the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

4. The Book of Leviticus--The sin-offering lamb the Israelites offered on the altar of sacrifice outside the tabernacle.

5. Isaiah 53--The suffering Lamb on whom "Jehovah laid the iniquity of us all."

6. Gospel of John 1:29-36--The Lamb is announced by John the Baptist, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"

7. Acts 8--The incident of the Ethiopian official traveling in his chariot on the Gaza road from Jerusalem and reading about the Lamb in Isaiah 53, to whom Phillip explains that the Lamb is Jesus the Messiah.

8. 1Peter 1:18-21--The paragraph that tells that we were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb "without blemish and without spot,"

9. Revelation 5--The vision that dramatizes the enthronement of the Lamb in heaven!

10. Revelation 21 & 22--The final vision of the Apocalypse, in which the Lamb is seen reigning in the New Jerusalem, amid "the new heaven and new earth",

Our Bible is God's testimony to the Lamb, so, as a true follower of Christ, I bear witness to the Lamb of God and state:

that Jesus Christ is the One and only True Savior and redemption is found only through the Lamb!

We can add the seventh, then on to the 8th notable passage.

1. In the case of Abel--the lamb was offered

2. Abraham and Isaac--the lamb was provided

3. Exodus--the lamb gives protection

4. In Leviticus--the sacrificial lamb is mentioned frequently to be "without blemish"

5. In Isaiah--the prophesied Lamb is identified now as a person

6. In the gospel of John--we see it is not just any person, but the Lamb of God is Jesus as John the Baptist says:

7. In Acts 8--We see the Lamb of God further identified as the promised Christ, the Son of God and the emphasis is upon individual human salvation through the Lamb.

For the 8th notable passage we go to 1 Peter 1: 18-21

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Will be back with more, have to go make a salad right now.
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This passage can be seen as a summary of all that was previously mentioned.

It looks both backward and forward.

It gathers up all that preceded it, but then adds a new truth.

Starting with Abel--the necessity of the Lamb for redemption.
Peter says "ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold,"--indispensable necessity is the Lamb.

Then in Abraham/Isaac passage--the provision of the Lamb.
Peter says "foreordained before the foundation of the world"--God provides.

Next we saw the emphasis of the slaying of the Lamb in the Exodus Passover passage.
We are not redeemed by our Lord's perfect life or teaching, "But with the precious blood of Christ" only.

In Leviticus was the repeated emphasis on the character of the Lamb--it must be blemishless.
Peter said "as of a lamb without blemish and without spot".
Why is the character important? The character of the Lamb gives the blood its atoning virtue.

In the fifth, sixth and seventh passage previously mentioned we found:
in Isaiah, Jehovah's Lamb is a person
in John 1 the person is identified as Jesus
and in Acts 8 Jesus the Lamb identified as the promised Christ.

All of that is here in this paragraph from Peter's pen--he tells us that the fore-ordained Lamb is our Lord Jesus Christ,
"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you".

Now here comes the added new truth.

dear friend!

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Glory to the Lamb of God.I'm excited for His return,if I'm not taken home before then.

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Flashback to the '80s. Wonder what Michael W. Smith thinks when he sees himself here.

What can wash away my sins?

Haven't heard a thing about him in a looong time.

Is he still walking with the Lord?

Good Evening,

I am doing fine, my friend, and thanks for asking.
How are you?


Yes, he is on tour:

[link to www.michaelwsmith.com]

I'm doing very well, thank God.

Spring vacation next week. My boy in fifth grade has this

girl calling him on the phone. It's fun to see!!! I hope

for the best with all these children.

Yay! for Spring vacation!

That was around the same age when a young girl was infatuated with one of my sons.

Watching young children play while waiting in line to pay my cable bill the other day, is what spurred me into thinking about America in regards to the future of our next generation. That is why I started that thread a few days ago--"All Gone to Look for America".

I was solemn that day, but much, much better now.

:cfs:

When I originally started this thread, it was the news about the Schmallenberg Virus that got me thinking about the Lamb of God.

This virus was and continues to cause lambs to be born with deformities that kill them after a few days.

This was the original article I posted:
[link to www.thesun.co.uk]

Here is an update 4/3/12:
Schmallenberg virus: Eight Devon cases and three in Cornwall
[link to www.bbc.co.uk]

What comes to my mind when I hear about the many lambs that are dying, is the One Lamb who means so much to me--and He is Alive even though many think He never existed or is dead.

I'm sorry if many of you find this offensive, but I love my Savior and am compelled to state what I've stated:

The Lamb of God is Alive Forevermore!

There are over 100 titles and names for Jesus, one of which is the sacrificial Lamb of God.

"The next day, he(John the Baptist) saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
John 1:29

This title, Lamb of God, is the one that remains most precious to my heart.

There are ten notable passages in God's Word where the lamb is conspicuously mentioned:

1. Genesis 4--The account of Abel and his lamb

2. Genesis 22--The incident in which Abraham offers the lamb in place of Isaac.

3. Exodus 12--The Passover lamb slain on the night before the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

4. The Book of Leviticus--The sin-offering lamb the Israelites offered on the altar of sacrifice outside the tabernacle.

5. Isaiah 53--The suffering Lamb on whom "Jehovah laid the iniquity of us all."

6. Gospel of John 1:29-36--The Lamb is announced by John the Baptist, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"

7. Acts 8--The incident of the Ethiopian official traveling in his chariot on the Gaza road from Jerusalem and reading about the Lamb in Isaiah 53, to whom Phillip explains that the Lamb is Jesus the Messiah.

8. 1Peter 1:18-21--The paragraph that tells that we were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb "without blemish and without spot,"

9. Revelation 5--The vision that dramatizes the enthronement of the Lamb in heaven!

10. Revelation 21 & 22--The final vision of the Apocalypse, in which the Lamb is seen reigning in the New Jerusalem, amid "the new heaven and new earth",

Our Bible is God's testimony to the Lamb, so, as a true follower of Christ, I bear witness to the Lamb of God and state:

that Jesus Christ is the One and only True Savior and redemption is found only through the Lamb!

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This passage can be seen as a summary of all that was previously mentioned.

It looks both backward and forward.

It gathers up all that preceded it, but then adds a new truth.

Starting with Abel--the necessity of the Lamb for redemption.
Peter says "ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold,"--indispensable necessity is the Lamb.

Then in Abraham/Isaac passage--the provision of the Lamb.
Peter says "foreordained before the foundation of the world"--God provides.

Next we saw the emphasis of the slaying of the Lamb in the Exodus Passover passage.
We are not redeemed by our Lord's perfect life or teaching, "But with the precious blood of Christ" only.

In Leviticus was the repeated emphasis on the character of the Lamb--it must be blemishless.
Peter said "as of a lamb without blemish and without spot".
Why is the character important? The character of the Lamb gives the blood its atoning virtue.

In the fifth, sixth and seventh passage previously mentioned we found:
in Isaiah, Jehovah's Lamb is a person
in John 1 the person is identified as Jesus
and in Acts 8 Jesus the Lamb identified as the promised Christ.

All of that is here in this paragraph from Peter's pen--he tells us that the fore-ordained Lamb is our Lord Jesus Christ,
"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you".

Now here comes the added new truth.

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The Resurrection of the slain Lamb!

Peter's paragraph now includes the Resurrection of the slain Lamb--
"God.....raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory"

The resurrection of the slain Lamb was something never disclosed in Old Testament times.

That the Lamb should die is foretold again and again, but nowhere is His resurrection predicted.