Jesus, the Lamb of God

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

The Gospel of John 

June 25, 2024

Jesus, the Lamb of God

The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1: 29

John the Baptist proclaimed the mission of Jesus the Messiah, and that mission was much more far reaching than the people listening to John expected. Simply put, John’s listeners expected three things from the Messiah: first, he would save Israel from Roman occupation, secondly, he would purify the Temple so the presence of God would return, and third, he would establish the righteous reign of the Messiah King.

John said the Messiah’s mission was substantially more pervasive than that: “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Jesus’ mission was not restricted to Israel’s oppression by the Roman army; Jesus came as God’s Passover Lamb for the entire world to end the oppression of sin. In this Gospel, John the Apostle portrays the work of the Messiah as a new exodus. In the first exodus, God saved Israel from the oppression of Egypt’s Pharaoh. In the new exodus, God saves the entire world from the oppression of sin.  

The religious people in Israel had a hard time embracing the mission of Jesus, the Messiah as proclaimed by John the Baptist, and as proclaimed by Jesus himself.

However, those whose hearts resonated when hearing the words of Jesus -- “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs” -- embraced the mission of Jesus with joy.

My Takeaway: They still do.

Sē’lah

 

(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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