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Cute Baby Animals
John 1:29, Revelation 5:6
My three year old daughter went on a field trip to a baby goat farm, and she loved it. The entire time she was just saying “they’re so cute” and wanted to run around and try to pick them up and hold them.
Baby animals are universally recognized as cute. They’re small and fluffy and innocent and adorable. What’s there not to love? An interesting title and picture that we have for Jesus in the Bible is that he is the Lamb of God. John the Baptist cried out.
Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
But what does that mean? Is Jesus just a cute, fluffy, innocent animal?
We also see Jesus displayed as the Lamb of God in the book of Revelation. But there the pictures may be a little freaky.
The lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which is explained as the seven spirits of God that have been sent into all the world. (Revelation 5:6)
Okay, but what’s more interesting is that the lamb seemed to have been slain. That’s an odd image. If a lamb had been slain, why is it walking around and doing stuff? Was it a botched slaughter? No. But in this odd image, we see a rich picture for Christ. Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. But how does he do that? By being sacrificed.
Jesus is not just the innocent little baby lamb, he is the sacrificial lamb. By the shedding of his innocent blood sins are forgiven. Jesus took our place, the innocent, for the guilty and endured the death that we deserve. Jesus was slain, but he did not remain dead. He rose to new life, but still bears the marks of his passion on his hands, his feet, and on his side. Jesus is the lamb who had been slain, who died but now lives, whose sacrifice atones for the sins of the world. Amen.
