The Lamb of God

One question echoes from Genesis to Revelation: where is the lamb? Eight sessions follow the answer from a mountain in Moriah to the throne of heaven.

  1. Reading 1

    The Offering of IsaacGenesis 22:1–10

    The thread opens with Isaac's question — 'where is the lamb?' — and Abraham's answer that echoes through the rest of Scripture: God Himself will provide it.

  2. Reading 2

    The First PassoverExodus 12:1–13

    In Egypt the lamb becomes a rescue: its blood on the doorposts marks out a people whom death will pass over.

  3. Reading 3

    Laws for Sin OfferingsLeviticus 4:1–35

    Leviticus allows a person to bring a female lamb without blemish as a sin offering, laying a hand on it before it is sacrificed.

  4. Reading 4

    The Rejected Figure Bearing Infirmities, Iniquity, and Violent DeathIsaiah 53:1–8

    Isaiah gives the lamb a face: a suffering servant, led like a lamb to the slaughter, pierced for our transgressions.

  5. Reading 5

    Jesus the Lamb of GodJohn 1:29–34

    John the Baptist points at a man from Nazareth and names the whole thread out loud — 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'

  6. Reading 6

    The CrucifixionJohn 19:16–30

    During Passover season Jesus is crucified; John presents His death as the completion of the work He came to do.

  7. Reading 7

    A Call to Holiness1 Peter 1:13–21

    Peter tells us what the cross purchased — we were redeemed not with silver or gold but with the precious blood of a lamb without blemish.

  8. Reading 8

    The Lamb Takes the ScrollRevelation 5:1–10

    The thread ends at the throne, where the Lamb who was slain stands alive at the center of heaven and all creation sings that He is worthy.

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