Why is Jesus called the "Lamb of God" ?

Question

"And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!" (John 1:36)

"And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb." (Revelation 7:10)

Answer 1

Because he was sacrificed as a lamb to the slaughter for OUR SINS.

It was because of His death that we are able to receive eternal life from the Father.


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Answer 2

A lamb is offered for sin atonement, but offered over and over as it was not a permanent resolution. Jesus is the Perfect Lamb, offered once, for all: Lev 4:32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. Lev 4:33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. Lev 4:34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: Lev 4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. Heb 10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Heb 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Answer 3

After Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden, Sin now existed in the world and Scarified to the Lord was nessary from time to time in the form of a pure white lamb to wash the sins of man.
In the time when Jesus lived, sin was at an all time high, God loved his people both Jew and gentile and sent his only son to be the ultimate sacrifice for all sin. In doing so he became the Lamb of God.

Answer 4

From Wikipedia :
Lamb of God (Latin: Agnus Dei) is one of the titles given to Jesus in the New Testament and consequently in the Christian tradition. It is believed to refer to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb atoning for the sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices in which a lamb was slain during the passover, the blood was sprinkled along the door, and the lamb was eaten.

Answer 5

The Christian Greek Scriptures plainly link complete atonement for human sins with Jesus Christ. In him the types and shadows of the Mosaic Law find fulfillment, since he is the very One to whom the various animal sacrifices thereof pointed forward. As a perfect, sinless human, Jesus was the sin offering for all of Adam’s descendants who eventually are delivered from inherited sin and death. (2Co 5:21) Christ “offered one sacrifice for sins perpetually” (Heb 10:12), and he is unquestionably “the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.” (Joh 1:29, 36; 1Co 5:7; Re 5:12; 13:8; compare Isa 53:7.) Forgiveness is dependent on the pouring out of blood (Heb 9:22), and Christians who are walking in the light are assured that “the blood of Jesus [God’s] Son cleanses us from all sin.”—1Jo 1:7; Heb 9:13, 14; Re 1:5.

Answer 6

This refers back to the picture God gave to the children of Israel concerning the Messiah. They had to bring a lamb to atone for their sins. This was only a picture of the the true "lamb of God" who would take away the sins of the whole world..

Answer 7

Remember in Exodus when the Angel of Death came to Egypt? Well, all the Christians spread lamb's blood on their door and that protected them from the Angel of Death that would kill the first born boy. Jesus is called the Lamb of God because like the lamb's blood protected the people, Jesus' blood will protect us.

Answer 8

They had a limited number of domesticated animals back then and the other choices were camels, horses, goats, dogs, or pigs. Try making a substitution and just see how it sounds. The Jews had a creative style in writing. That is why the own 75% of Hollywood today.

Answer 9

Before Jesus took our sins to the cross with Him, and paid for them with His own blood, people had to sacrifice a blemished free real lamb to God to cover their families sins each year. God gave up His only begotten Son Jesus to be used as the ultimate Lamb of God to cover all of our sins, so now all we have to do is admit we are sinners, admit that Jesus is the son of God who died on the cross for our sins, and repent of or sins, and turn our life over to Jesus and live for Him and we will obtain eternal life because of the Lamb of God... Jesus.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

You cannot get into the kingdome of heaven when you die, unless you accept Jesus as your personal Savior.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Answer 10

I don't remember Jesus saying that. He alluded to himself as the good Shepherd. The early Jewish Christians referred to him as the lamb of God,so that they could say Jesus' blood paid for all their sins, which were normally atoned for by sacrificing a lamb.