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If the lamb represents jesus, and the lamb is powerful enough to open the book with the 7 seals, why are lambs portrayed as being innocent or being a symbol for weakness etc...as opposed to the lion etc...

2007-10-24 05:48:31 · 19 answers · asked by elle4 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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He was slain in innocence as the Passover Lamb of Jewish Law, but he also is associated with strength and power as the Lion of Judah.

2007-10-24 05:52:56 · answer #1 · answered by lizardmama 4 · 2 1

Jesus is also represented by a lion (the Lion of Judah). However, in this instance the lamb represents purity and sacrifice. In the old testament a lamb was sacrified in order for the plague to pass-over the jews. If interested read more about: Pass-Over. Jesus is the sacrificial lamb for all of humanity.

True love often comes to sacrifice.

2007-10-24 13:32:13 · answer #2 · answered by Spiffs C.O. 4 · 0 0

Jesus represents the lamb, because the lamb is a symbol of innocence; Jesus was sacrificed to reconcile us with God, because He was innocent of sin. Power was not necessary for the opening of the 7 Seals, worthiness was. Innocence doesn't mean weakness, they are completely unrelated terms. Lambs are also symbols of meekness, but this just means that they aren't aggressive or oppositional.

2007-10-24 13:02:54 · answer #3 · answered by bainaashanti 6 · 1 0

Jesus is a lamb because he was killed as a sacrifice and because he was nonviolent. But Jesus is also known as the Lion of Judah for other reasons. Which is a problem for a completely symbolic apocalypse story like Revelation because the apostle Mark is always symbolized by a lion.

2007-10-24 12:53:15 · answer #4 · answered by ledbetter 4 · 1 0

Well Jesus is symbolized at the Lamb, or the lamb symbolized as Jesus in regard to his sinless state when He performed the atonement (the big sacrifice).

He is after the atonement and resurrection symbolized by a more triumphal and powerful animal such as the Lion.

2007-10-24 12:53:20 · answer #5 · answered by daisyk 6 · 1 0

Jesus is represented as a lamb because of the "peaceful" imagery associated with them.

Contrast this with the image of Jesus as a lion. Jesus is not supposed to be a "war-like" animal because that would make the image of an angry God, as opposed to the forgiving God of Christianity.

2007-10-24 13:20:29 · answer #6 · answered by Risika Desaunt 3 · 0 0

Jesus is referred to as the Lamb of God, because in the old testament Lambs were sacrificed for the atonement of sins. Jesus first and primary function was to reconcile sinners to God, and to be the ultimate sacrifice , a perfect man without sin.

2007-10-24 12:53:10 · answer #7 · answered by dazedandconfused 2 · 3 0

It all started with the blood of lambs being smeared on the door posts of the Hebrews just before they fled from Egypt. This saved them from death (Exodus 12:23-32).
Jesus, symbolised as this lamb, through his death on the cross, became the final sacrifice for our sins.

2007-10-24 13:01:37 · answer #8 · answered by cheir 7 · 0 0

Because lambs used to be used for sacrifices and lions ate the christian sacrificess. Jesus became the last sacrifice...the last lamb.

2007-10-24 12:51:58 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 2 0

Because the symbolism here has nothing to do with strength, it has to do with right/authorization.

The lamb isn't portrayed as Chuck Norris busting in on God and forcibly breaking the seals. The text says that the lamb earned the right to open the seals because of it's sacrifice. God gives the lamb the authority to break the seals.

Here's the text from Revelation chapter 5. (Pay special attention to the end verses that I separated from the lead-up material.)

"And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain..., And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb... And they sung a new song, saying,

Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;"

2007-10-24 12:51:50 · answer #10 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 4 1

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