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Jesus is the Lamb of God? Explain this to me please.
In the Old Testament of the Bible whenever a person sinned they had to go out and find a spotless lamb that was without blemish, one that was without defect and then give it's blood to the high priest who would then present that blood on the alter to God for the remission of their sins. But there were very specific instructions for sacrificing the lamb. #1. It must have been a spotless lamb without blemish and without defect, and then furthermore the high priest must have shed and sprinkled the lamb's blood on the alter. it was saying I’m sorry Lord God for sinning against thee please forgive me and accept this sacrifice on behalf of my sin. There must have been a sacrifice given to God for that person’s or that community’s sin. People of the world sacrificing a lamb or goat can never take away your sins (Hebrews 10:4). This was done to fulfill prophecy. My people the whole Bible is about Jesus Christ. Sacrificing spotless lambs and goats that were without blemish and those that were without defect in the Old Testament was a foreshadowing of how He Christ the Lamb of God would come and be the final perfect sacrifice for our sins. It was a foreshadowing of how He would shed his perfect life’s blood for the remission, (that is for the forgiveness) of our sins, and how He is the only one who can take away our sins (John 1:34) (1 Peter 1:18-19). Spotless and one that is without blemish or defect meant perfection which Christ is for He was sinless and perfect because He was and is God in the flesh. This is why the lamb that they slain in the Old Testament had to be spotless and without blemish because He Christ was sinless and perfect and He Christ was without fault, He was without sin (1 Peter 2:22) (1 John 3:5). All this was done as a foreshadowing of how He Christ who is sinless would die and sacrifice himself for us sinners in so that we can be forgiven by God through faith in him. This is what everyone needs to understand about God. God is so holy, God is so righteous, God is so perfect, that He cannot have sin in his presence. People of the world your sins not only need to be forgiven by God through Christ, but most importantly they must be taken away by Christ Jesus God’s Son. For He is the only one who can take away your sins because He is the sinless one who died on the cross for you the sinner, and it is He (Jesus) and only He who can cleanse, forgive, and save you the sinner of all sin. Read (Luke 24:47) (Acts 4:12) (Acts 10:43) (Acts 13:38) (Ephesians 1:7) (Colossians 1:14).
The Lamb of God means He (Jesus) is the only sacrifice, it means He is the perfect and only sufficient sacrifice that came from God that can take away sins. For only God himself can forgive and take away sins. He (Jesus) is the only sacrifice God the Father will accept from you for the forgiveness of your sins. For He (Jesus) was the sinless Godman who takes away man’s sins. People of the world understand this amazing blessing of God of what I will reveal to you now which is this: "God is so merciful, God is so gracious and kind, God is so loving towards us mankind, that not only did He (God) provide and give us the perfect sufficient sacrifice for our sins which was Jesus His Son, but He (Jesus) also paid our fine for our sins and he paid that fine in full when he Jesus took our punishment from God the Father and died on the cross for our sins." For when Christ was on the cross God condemned sin in the flesh of Christ (This means God condemned sin in and on Jesus’ body), therefore this means when Christ died, sin and the eternal punishment for them died with him because God condemned and poured his full wrath for sin on Jesus’ body. So, when Jesus bodily arose again from the grave He arose with new life, this meant He defeated sin and death because He has conquered it because He arose from His grave. If Jesus didn’t arise from the grave then this would mean we are still doomed and lost in our sins, because this would mean that He wasn’t the Son of God but rather He was just another man who died. But He most surely arose from his grave and His bodily resurrection was witnessed by over 500 people. Jesus' grave is still empty till this very day and it will always stay that way, for He is not in that grave, He has risen from the dead just like He said! He is alive right now! Everything Christ Jesus did was for us, so when He Christ arose from the grave with his glorified body it was a foreshadowing of how we will rise from death victorious over sin and death because He Christ has conquered it for us on our behalf. We will rise again from the grave just like He did with a glorified body, but this time this body of ours will be free from sin and death because sin and death has been conquered on the cross and on Jesus body When God condemned and poured the full wrath for sin on Jesus. Thus, our new glorified bodies will be free from decay, free from sin and death because sin and death has been condemned and conquered in and through Christ. These new glorified bodies will be free from sin and decay because we shall be eternal beings forevermore without sin. Now from thence on we shall be like him, we shall be like Christ and we shall be eternal and sinless now and forevermore in heaven.
John 1:29-36
Jesus the Lamb of God
29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world
30This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'
31I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel."
32Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.
33I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me,
'The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'
34I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God."
Jesus' First Disciples
35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
1 Peter 1:19 (NLT)
He (Jesus) paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
1 Peter 1:18-19 (Amp)
18You must know (recognize) that you were redeemed (ransomed) from the useless (fruitless) way of living inherited by tradition from [your] forefathers,
not with corruptible things [such as] silver and gold,
19But [you were purchased] with the precious blood of Christ (the Messiah),
like that of a [sacrificial] lamb without blemish or spot.
Hebrews 7:27 (KJV)
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous (who is Jesus himself) for the unrighteous (who is us),
to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,
1 John 2:2
He (Jesus) is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Revelation 1:6
To him who loves us (Jesus) and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests
to serve his God and Father —to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
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