2006-10-27 20:52:32 · 11 answers · asked by Search4truth 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
John was inspired to call Jesus that in reference to the Passover. The Passover is the only sacrifice that called his (Exodus 23:18, 34:25). All the other sacrifices were voluntary and were added after the covenant was ratified. The Passover was to be a lamb 1 year old and without blemeshes, and was to be killed at a very specific day and time (Exodus 12). It was by the sacrifice of that lamb (and the sign of its blood) that the Israelites were saved from the death that took the firstborn of the Egyptians just before Israel left.
The Passover was a type of Jesus Christ, and was a prophecy of his sacrifice for our sins (1 Corinthians 5:7). John the baptist, inspired by God, was anouncing Jesus as God's chosen sacrifice for all of our sins -- he is the Passover Lamb of God.
Jesus fulfilled that type by dying, as a spiritually spotless lamb, at the exact time the Passover Lamb was to be killed.
2006-10-27 21:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by BC 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lamb being the animal of choice for sacrifice, John the Baptist knew that God had sent his only son to be his sacrifice for our sins. Jesus was literally, by substituting sacrifice for lamb, The Sacrifice of God.
2006-10-27 20:56:29 · answer #2 · answered by KindomCome 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus came to finish the need for a yearly sacrifice for sin's he was the ultimate sacrifice the perfect lamb of God. the Jews had had to sacrifice a lamb every year at the passover for sins. amazingly the final week of Jesus life covered the way the lamb would be paraded through the town and shown in the temple and finally persed
2006-10-27 20:59:12 · answer #3 · answered by Sam's 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Lambs were often used as a sacrifice in the Old Covenant to atone for sins...
The blood of a lamb is what was put on the doors of the Israelites who were enslaved in Egypt when the plague came in order to protect the first born child of each household....
It is written of Jesus in the OT prophecies, “…he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.”
A lamb does not cry out when it goes to the shearers to have its "outer covering" removed. In the same way, Jesus did not defend Himself or complain about having His flesh mutilated as it was...committing His soul to the hands of the Father....
2006-10-27 21:01:44 · answer #4 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lambs were used for sacrifices in the old testament, I guess John was acknowledging Jesus as God's sacrifice for all.
2006-10-27 20:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by doktordbel 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A Lamb was the general sacrifice for sin!
The Lamb of God would mean the sacrifice for all sin!
Simply John knew Christ would die for all sin!
2006-10-27 22:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the old testament, remember how people used to get umblemished lambs and sacrifice it so that God may forgive their sins?
Well...That was a profecey of what is to come...when Christ came and shed His blood and died and resurrected, He forgave our sins and saved us from eternal death. thus He is the lamb sent by God to die for us that no one perish and have opportunity enter the kingdom with Him:
(John 3:16) "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
I hope this helps...God Bless.
2006-10-27 20:57:33 · answer #7 · answered by copticphoenix 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In those days people made sacrifices to God. Jesus was to be a sacrifice for us to God
2006-10-27 20:56:50 · answer #8 · answered by donnie0123 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To be perfectly honest with you I reallly wasn't there at the time.But if someone actually ever said such a thing I'd really wonder bout them a lot. Unless it was stereo typical for those times .? your guess is as good as anybody's at this point.... I sometimes refer to some people as sheep to the slaughter but this would have had to have been different if at all.
2006-10-27 21:07:03 · answer #9 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It mean " Jesus is precious to God' "Jesus is the fresh of God."
2006-10-27 20:57:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋