Friday, March 1, 2024

Lamb of God

 "Look, the Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sin of the world!"  
      (John 1:29b, 36b)
So said John the Baptist,
The voice of one who calls out. (Isaiah 40:3)

He is the Lamb of God,
Not the Ram of God.

"Your Lamb must be unblemished,
A one-year-old male..."  
     (Exodus 12:5a; Leviticus l4:10; Ezekiel 46:13)
Most things are cleaned with blood:
Without the shedding of blood,
There is no forgiveness.  (Hebrews 9:22)

Make One still young the offering,
The last of such bloody suffering; (Daniel 9:27)
Yet His soul shall rise to see
The spiritual children He brought to be.  (Isaiah 53:10)

The Ancient Lamb not very old;
With blood worth more than even gold:
It sets the human captives free
From sin's eternal misery.  (I Peter 1:19; Exodus, etc)



How much more will the Blood of Christ,--
He who offered Himself to God
Through the Eternal Spirit
As an unblemished sacrifice--
Cleanse our consciences from dead works
To serve the Living God?  (Hebrews 9:14)

As a lamb to the slaughter He was led;
And as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
So He did not open His mouth.  (Isaiah 53:7b)

"And I, 
If I be lifted up from the earth,
I will draw all people to myself."  (John 12:32) 
So taught the Lamb
Before His time had come.
"The Son of Man 
Must suffer many things.
He must be killed,
And on the third day raised to life."
  (Luke 9:21, 43, 18:31; Mark 9:32; Matthew 17:23)

Myriads of myriads, 
Thousands of thousands,
Angels and elders 
All saying with a loud voice,
"Worthy is the Lamb,
Who was slaughtered,
To receive power and wealth and wisdom
And might and honor and glory and blessing!"  
     (Revelation 5:12)  


For the Lamb,
The One in the center of the throne,
Will shepherd them.
And He will lead them 
To Living Fountains of Waters.  (Revelation 7:17a)
                 --translations & short verse c.m.b. (c) 2024