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For
the same reason the term “right hand of God” is used. If Jesus is the
lamb, the father is also the lamb; being that they are the self same person. Like
the term “right hand,” the term ‘lamb of God’ represents another role
of Jesus or in essence another way of describing the role of being the
right hand of God or becoming the author of salvation. Let
us actually read what John the revelator saw, “And
I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beast, and
in the midst of the elders, stood a lamb as it had been slain, having
seven horns and seven eyes” (Rev 5:6). This
description doesn’t fit those of a man or even a lamb. Does a man or human
have seven horns and seven eyes? No. The
lamb is not meant to be taken in a literal sense. However, for we to understand
the mystery, and sacrifice God made for us, he has to use things we as
humans are familiar with. This verse made it clear, “For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even
his eternal power and Godhead” (Rom 1:20). Hence,
the term lamb of God is used to demonstrate another role of God; that
is, Jesus Christ “reconciling the world unto himself” (2 Cor 5:19). Not
anyone else, but himself. God even confirms this by prophesying,
“Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me);” “a body
hast thou prepared me” (Heb 10:7 & 5). One
might even ask, why did God come in the form of Jesus Christ (Lamb)? Love. And the following scripture
not only demonstrate this love, but also shows that God did put on flesh: “Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood [humans], He also himself
likewise took part of the same [become human], that through death he might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Rev 14:12). |
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