When John is baptizing The Lamb of God accompanies him and he knows this because he sees “the Spirit coming down and resting” (John 1:33) When he sees this in John 1: 29 he says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” A lamb embodies moral characteristics that we can compare to Jesus. Jesus spends his time on earth doing all his deeds for our Father God. Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice by God, and for all of us. Jesus is the Lamb of God, he holds the characteristics of a lamb, while doing God’s will, and without him we would not know the true meaning of love and sacrifice.
“For the Israelites, as for other peoples, the lamb symbolized, among other things, innocence and gentleness.” (Miles 1992, 132) Sheep are so gentle that they will not even fight for room to eat; they will simply stop eating if they do not have a sufficient amount of space. (Jensen 2002, 157)Sheep are one of the first …show more content…
Leaving the adulterer with The Lamb of God, but he himself does not cast a stone even though he is the one that could for he is pure and innocence, yet he chooses for her to live and be freed of punishment, because he too is gentle.
Once more, Jesus is depicted as The Lamb of God in Mathew 4:1-11 the story of his temptation. He repeatedly references what is written, God’s word, here he is like the sheep able to recognize his Father’s voice through all his temptations. He is always speaks to God and listens for him in his time here on earth. Mathew 4:7 “Jesus replied, “Again it’s written, Don’t test the Lord your God.” Here you can see Jesus as the Lamb of God: innocent, suffering, but still faithful to God. He listens and follows his Father like the lamb, through his temptations in order to save us from our falling into
“For the Israelites, as for other peoples, the lamb symbolized, among other things, innocence and gentleness.” (Miles 1992, 132) Sheep are so gentle that they will not even fight for room to eat; they will simply stop eating if they do not have a sufficient amount of space. (Jensen 2002, 157)Sheep are one of the first …show more content…
Leaving the adulterer with The Lamb of God, but he himself does not cast a stone even though he is the one that could for he is pure and innocence, yet he chooses for her to live and be freed of punishment, because he too is gentle.
Once more, Jesus is depicted as The Lamb of God in Mathew 4:1-11 the story of his temptation. He repeatedly references what is written, God’s word, here he is like the sheep able to recognize his Father’s voice through all his temptations. He is always speaks to God and listens for him in his time here on earth. Mathew 4:7 “Jesus replied, “Again it’s written, Don’t test the Lord your God.” Here you can see Jesus as the Lamb of God: innocent, suffering, but still faithful to God. He listens and follows his Father like the lamb, through his temptations in order to save us from our falling into