As we approach another ‘celebration’ of Christ’s resurrection, Easter Sunday, may we consider Him, ‘The Lamb of God.’ This past Sunday, as we listened to Charles Stanley, a Scriptural teaching minister of God’s word, he helped to focus our thoughts on the celebration of this upcoming event—-God’s victory for us over sin through Christ’s crucifixion. I hope to share with you his thoughts combined with my own, for your own stimulation and consideration.

In Genesis, as Abraham’s faith was ‘tested by God’ and he was asked to sacrifice his ‘only son,’ the ‘promised son’ of his blessing and the one through whom God’s ‘chosen race’ would spring—and in the ‘direct lineage of Christ——remember when Isaac asked his father (Gen. 22:7 ‘but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’ and Abraham answered (Gen. 22:8) “God will provide for Himself the lamb’…….

And as Israel used the ‘instrument of animal sacrifice’ to demonstrate that sin requires payment (Leviticus 17:11)—–and ‘life’ is that payment, as represented by the ‘blood’ of the sacrifice, they probably sacrificed over a million lambs.

But here we again see the ‘total harmony’ of Scripture, in that in John 1:29 these two verses were addressed and fulfilled, as John the Baptist baptized Christ: ‘The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”

Let me here insert some more to consider: What an ‘insult’ to the Jews! Can you see, that this statement, this event would ‘make all their animal sacrifices’ that they had been doing for centuries—–after the cross, become obsolete and ineffective! It would end the need for that as Christ became the ‘eternal sacrifice’ on the cross at Calvary!

Can you imagine the reaction if ‘the major ritual of your faith’ was declared ‘no longer valid’—–‘no longer effective’—–‘no longer necessary’—–which would happen at Christ’s death!

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(There was a supernatural battle with the ‘fiends of hell’ trying to prevent His resurrection from the grave! But, God the Father triumphed over all, and Christ is Risen! Hallelujah, He is Risen!)

God is faithful—-and so good. He loves us so! From the moment of our ‘being saved’ we begin a lifelong ‘process’ in Him, as He seeks to have ‘relationship (fellowship) with us’ through His Son, Jesus Christ—–and to help us mold ourselves to a closer image of His Son—preparing us for eternity with Him.

That relationship can have tremendous ‘ups and downs’—–we can break it even daily, as it is so fragile because He is righteous and holy (Light, which represents purity, holiness, righteousness—-the opposite of darkness, which represents sin against Him, disobedience to His will), and so, to maintain our relationship, we must be ‘in His will for us’—–and ‘obedient’ to Him, and His ‘revealed precepts.’

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