Jesus, the Lamb of God

June 22, 2016

Jesus, the Lamb of God

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

John 1: 29

John the Baptist proclaimed that the mission of Jesus the Messiah was much more far reaching than those looking for God’s Messiah expected. Simply put, Israel expected three things from the Messiah: save Israel from Roman occupation, purify the Temple so the presence of God would return, and establish the righteous reign as 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 John’s Gospel, he 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. However, those whose hearts resonated in 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 it with joy.

They still do.

Sē’lah

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(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. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.