The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!"
John 1:29
Yesterday, I wrote about Jesus as the Atonement Sacrifice and today is a little bit more about the type of sacrifice. On the night that the Israelite Nation left Egypt, God had commanded Moses to instruct the Israelites to take a lamb's blood and spread it on the doorposts of their house. When God passed through the land of Egypt for the 10th and final plague of killing all first born sons, He would pass over the houses with lamb blood on the door frames. God didn't punish or inflict judgement on His people. Instead He passed over them! (Exodus 12)
Jesus is the Ultimate Lamb because He was Perfect and Blameless. His Blood on our doorposts of life is way more valuable than any animal lamb. Isn't this a beautiful picture? The simplicity of the foreshadowing of Jesus a mere 62 chapters into the Bible. We are now able to be passed over because Jesus' Blood covers us!
I think this is a reason to celebrate in 5 days. Jesus was born knowing all this would happen and yet He still continued to live a life that we will never be able to. He was filled with the Joy of the Lord no matter His circumstances. This is a wonderful example for our lives!
Will you join me on the final days of this Journey of discovering Jesus' names in the Bible? There is still time left to catch up! Have you applied the Blood of Jesus to the metaphorical doorposts of your life? What would happen if you did?
With His Love,
A
Jesus is the Ultimate Lamb because He was Perfect and Blameless. His Blood on our doorposts of life is way more valuable than any animal lamb. Isn't this a beautiful picture? The simplicity of the foreshadowing of Jesus a mere 62 chapters into the Bible. We are now able to be passed over because Jesus' Blood covers us!
I think this is a reason to celebrate in 5 days. Jesus was born knowing all this would happen and yet He still continued to live a life that we will never be able to. He was filled with the Joy of the Lord no matter His circumstances. This is a wonderful example for our lives!
Will you join me on the final days of this Journey of discovering Jesus' names in the Bible? There is still time left to catch up! Have you applied the Blood of Jesus to the metaphorical doorposts of your life? What would happen if you did?
With His Love,
A
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