Unyime Akpan - August 4, 2019 - a podcast by NBC Podium

Jesus the Lamb of God

John 1:29
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Genesis 22: 1-2, 7-8
1 Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”
7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

•Where is the Lamb?

Background
Burnt, sin, peace, trespass offerings
Mount Calvary
Abraham answer:
Israel Exodus from Egypt( (Ex 12:3-5; 7; 10)

Isaiah’s answer
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.

John’s answer
John 1:29
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Where is the Lamb?
John 1:29
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
• The Lamb
Old testament-other lambs
Exodus 29:38-39 ( 14/ week, 56/ month 672/ year)
Leviticus 23:9-12 (special)
•God’s Lamb
Rejected (John 1:11)
Perfect –outside and inside, all sides
Demons (Luke 8:28 –Son of God)
Pilate (Luke 23:4 No fault in him)
Judas (Matt 27:4 –Betrayed Innocent Man)
Soldiers (Matt 27:54 Truly son of God)
Heb 7:26 (holy, harmless, undefiled)
1 Pet 1:19 (without spot or blemish)
Behold the Lamb
John 1:29
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

• The Lamb of God who takes away sin of the world
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins (Heb 10:4 )

•Complete and final sacrifice
Their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more (Heb 8:12)
Other lambs -covered sin, not willing sacrifice
Jesus Christ –takes away sin forever, all people

Isaac ram –individual
Israel Egypt household
Israel Isaiah Nation
Jesus World
Behold the Lamb
•One Lamb
•God’s Lamb
•Lamb who takes away sin, not just cover it
•Lamb who takes away the sin of the whole world
Behold the Lamb

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