![]() Whereas “all we like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his own way”, he never faltered. He knows therefore the struggle, weakness and frailty we wrestle with daily for he too was subject to this–yet he never strayed from doing his Father’s will. The inescapable conclusion is that the Lamb is also the Shepherd, and what a comfort this is to us. Thus we read of the redeemed who, like sheep, “follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth” (Rev 14:4), and again “the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes” (Rev 7:1). In the Apocalypse not only is the figure of the Lamb used but also that of the Shepherd. It flowed through the Passover and down through the ritual of the Law until the shadow was finally replaced with the substance–Jesus Christ our Lord. That sacrifice was portrayed in figure from the time that sin entered into the world. Throughout the Apocalypse there are such references as “a Lamb as it had been slain”, and “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world”, reminding us of the sacrifice of our Lord. One of the beautiful figures selected to express the completely submissive life of our Lord is that of “the Lamb of God”. We soberly reflect upon the wonder of his complete submission in obedience to his Father’s will-an obedience that culminated in his sacrificial death. We come each week to examine ourselves by the example we revere in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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