Lamb of God 神的羔羊

Last night, I had a dream. In the dream, God spoke to me about 羊 - Lamb. I awoke, and it is Good Friday. The word really stirred my spirit, and so today, I began to really delve into what it means that Jesus is the Lamb of God.

In Genesis 22, God tells Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his only Son, at the Mount.

Early the next morning, Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey, while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you." 

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?"

"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied. 

"The fire and the wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the Lamb for the burnt offering?" 

Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the Lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together (Genesis 22:3-8) 

It struck me that Abraham said, "God Himself will provide the Lamb." 

What a prophetic declaration of Jesus, who in Isaiah 53 is described like "a lamb that is led to the slaughter". In Revelation 5, when John sees the Lord in the heavenly vision, he sees "a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth." 

This is my Saviour, the one of whom John the Baptist says "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." (John 1:29)

He is the one whom Abraham foretold in Genesis, God himself will provide the Lamb. God provided his own Son as the sacrifice and atonement for our sin. 

What grace is this. What love is this.