BEHOLD, THE LAMB OF GOD
JOHN 1:29

The next day;
MATTHEW 3:13–17
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him…16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

MARK 1:12
12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

The Word that is known by many names;
JOHN 1:34
34 “And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God [the Chosen One].”

JOHN 1:38
38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?”

JOHN 1:41
41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).

JOHN 1:49
49 “Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

JOHN 1:51
51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

‘The Lamb of God’ in John’s writings;
JOHN 1:36; REV. 5:6; 6:9; 7:10, 17; 14:4, 10; 15:3; 17:14; 19:9; 21:22-23; 22:1, 3

‘The Lamb’ in the Old Testament;
GENESIS 22:7–8
7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

EXODUS 12:3
3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household.

EXODUS 29:38–39
38 “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly. 39 One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.

ISAIAH 53:7 (quoted in Acts 8:32)
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

JEREMIAH 11:19
19 But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes…

1 PETER 1:18–19
18 …knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

REVELATION 5:6
6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

—The Story of the Lamb—

Chapter One: There is a debt;
GENESIS 22:1–10
2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you”…6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. 9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

EXODUS 13:1–2
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”

NUMBERS 3:13
13 …for all the firstborn are mine…

Chapter Two: The debt can be paid by a substitute in solidarity with the debtor;
EXODUS 12:3–8
…every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household…5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old…the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. 7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.

EXODUS 12:12
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

EXODUS 12:22–23
22 …None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

Chapter Three: The Substitute has arrived, and makes the payment;
JOHN 6:53–56, 58
53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him…Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

Chapter Four: The Substitute is on the throne, and marries His Bride;
REVELATION 7:10
10 …and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

REVELATION 19:9
9 …Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.

The Lamb takes away sin;
1 JOHN 3:5
5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins…

HEBREWS 10:4, 11
4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins…11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Behold the Lamb;
JOHN 3:14–15
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

NUMBERS 21:9
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

2 CORINTHIANS 4:6
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

HEBREWS 12:2
2 …looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.


9/21/2025