"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)
A litle lamb looks innocent and vulnerable. When God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son, Abraham obeyed and took him to Mount Moriah. At some point young Isaac asked his father where the lamb was for the burnt offering, since they had brought fire and wood but no animal.
God, in His mercy, provided a substitute for Isaac. To cover and cleanse our own sins, no mere animal would suffice; only the Lamb of God would. He alone can take away our sins. Indeed, He has come to take away the sins of the entire world.
When God was about to bring the people of Israel out of Egyptian slavery, He commanded them to prepare a lamb. It was to be one year old, blemish-free and was to be slaughtered at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month, the Passover month. The deliverance was to be a new beginning for the freed Israelites.
Similarly, Jesus, the unblemished Lamb of God, was sacrificed on the cross at Passover time to set free such lowly people like you and me. Our new beginning is now! -- "For Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed." (1 Cor. 5:7b).
--Haven Today/ MIGHTY TO SAVE!
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
