The Lamb of God

When John the Baptist saw he Jesus he proclaimed in John 1:29 - The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

This is an especially important concept to the Jews of that day. Jesus is the perfect Lamb of God. This week is the Feast of Passover - a perpetual feast established by God for the nation of Israel that celebrates and commemorates God's deliverance of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage and slavery. At the last plague, the Spirit of God moved over Egypt bringing both destruction to those opposed to God and freedom to the Jewish people. At every household, they would kill a lamb without blemish and then use the blood to paint over and around the doorposts of the home, and whatever home had this blood covering the angel would pass over that home.

For over 15 years my family and some friends have celebrated a modern day Passover on Good Friday. Jesus came and served as the sacrifice once and for all for anyone who would receive this act of grace and salvation. This is why Jesus is called the Lamb of God because he served as the final and complete sacrifice for the atonement for our sins so that our relationship with God can be repaired and restored.

This Sunday, we celebrate and commemorate once again God's love demonstrated in sending His Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ - the Lamb of God.

See you Sunday.

Pastor Rich