The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29
There can be no forgiveness without sacrifice.
Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.
Leviticus and Hebrews tell us so.
The Law prescribed that a lamb be offered every morning and every evening
To atone for, to cover, the sins of the people.
The lamb was a stand-in for the sinner.
God, in mercy and grace, established
Substitutionary atonement.
The shed blood of the stand-in covers our sins.
But then God went a step beyond.
Jesus Christ, the lamb of God
TAKES AWAY the sin of the world.
Not just covered.
Removed.
The penalty of sin.
The power of sin.
The presence of sin.
Accomplished as only the Lamb of God could.