April 07, 2009
Lamb of God
With very few exceptions sheep lay silently and motionless while they are being sheared. Recently an article about sheep shearing was in the local paper and I found one of the accompanying photos to be a profound and powerful image. The photo shows the profile of a sheep with a stoic face and downcast eyes. Patches of blood on the sheep’s neck caused by a nip of the shearer’s clippers are in sharp contrast to the white wool, and coming from the tip of the sheep’s ear are droplets of blood hanging in mid-air. My thoughts went to Jesus on the Mount of Olives, “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.” The prophet Isaiah says, “He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; 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.” Jesus, the Lamb of God." (Lk 22:44 & Isa 53:7 NIV)
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Gail;
-----Jesus had an obligation. He came into the world with a purpose to fulfill. Before the foundation of the earth it was determined that the Lamb should die. Satan had introduced selfishness to God’s perfect society, and that selfishness had to be resolved. So God gave a society of mankind into Stan’s influence knowing it would grow into a twisted society of selfishness. Then the Lamb introduced God’s love to the twisted society, punctuating the introduction with a moment of sacrifice upon the cross. He went there willingly to fulfill His obligation of love. The worse He could be fleeced by evil, the greater His silence punctuated His love and validated his authority. In the light of this, notice that when He did finally cry out in distress, it was not at the fleecing He was being given, it was when His God turned away.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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