The Kingdom of the Lamb of God

Posted : 26 Apr, 2011 04:33 AM

Brothers,

Our respected brother Mohammad Madian said the other day:



God Jesus is our Lamb slain for every one of us!

Any one who believes in these words is a deaf and blind fool,

What a poor god is that who is a lamb that gets slain for the sins of his creatures!!!!!!!! Where is your brains? Where is your common sense?

This is too ridiculous, any one who have some dignity wouldn�t accept these words to be said about his father rather than to be said about his god.

You are completely lost.



Brothers, yes it is funny in some sense that we cannot call our father as the lamb. But we call our God Jesus the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world. And we are proud of that fact. We are proud because the All-knowing God made a decision from the foundation of the world to give His Son to die on the cross instead of the humankind.

Let�s consider today why Jesus was called the Lamb of God.

And why we are proud that He is the Lamb who was slain for everyone of us?

Why our fathers could not be called by this perfect name the Lamb of God?

The title Lamb of God appears the first time in the Gospel of John, with the exclamation of John the Baptist: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" in John 1:29, the title reaffirmed the next day in John 1:36.

John 3:16 teaches: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

John the Baptist's was speaking about the One who is to come, the Messiah/Isa Al Massih. He recognized that Jesus is this Messiah and he called Him "The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world".

The Scripture explains that Jesus Christ died for our sins: �Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures� (1 Corinthians 15:3b-4).

On the cross, Jesus bore the punishment of sin. At His death, He cried out, �It is finished� (John 19:30b). Jesus finished paying the punishment for sin, as the perfect Lamb of God.

The question is did Jesus took to His HOLY Body all sins for every one sinner? The Scripture says NO. Re-read Isaiah 53 and you will see that ONLY the Small Remnant is saved! Do Arabs belong to this remnant? Or in other words to a limited number of people who will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven? Yes, if they are Christian Arabs and believe that Jesus is God. Why? Because God is Omniscient and He knows the end from the beginning. He knew from the beginning the number of people who finally will believe in God Jesus. Thus, you could be among them. But it is your choice and God is not going to violate your free will. No matter when today of tomorrow or before your death you can confess Jesus as Your Allah and then you can immediately belong to this Small Remnant.

Just an illustration: Jesus came to you to prison and paid money to get you out of there. He gave you also a huge amount of money which is put to your bank account. You can get this amount ONLY if you will prove that it is YOU whose name is written in the Book of Life (in the bank database system). If your name is written in the Book of Life then you can get your money. It means that Jesus died for all Arabs, Jews, Muslims and unbelievers. But only those whose names will be written in the Book of Life could get to the Kingdom of Heaven and be God�s Inheritance. It means only their sins were forgiven. Only they got salvation and forgiveness through their Faith in God Jesus who died on the cross for them. It is Christianity. So, God forgave the sin of the world (giving forgiveness to every one who wants it) but only a limited number of people comes to �bank� to claim their money. Thus, only they will use this huge amount.

Brothers, yes we are saved by the death of Jesus. It was an atonement. Do you know that before Islam, Jews were commanded by God to offer Him animal sacrifices to get forgiveness of sins (and not only animals). So, let me remind you also that you Muslims during hajj also commemorate the offering of the son of our father Abraham/Ibrahim to God. But God stopped Ibrahim at the last moment before he was going to cut throat of his son and gave Ibrahim a ram to make an offering to God instead of his son. So, it is a symbol even in Islam that the Lamb of God is offered by God instead of us. God tested the faith of Ibrahim and asked from him the best and the most precious- his son. Ibrahim was ready to kill his son (he actually killed him already in his heart). But knowing the love of Ibrahim toward God, God also gave us His Son Jesus to forgive and bear all our sins instead of us. So, the atonement and celebration of the Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur in Israel are the main concepts established by God before Islam.

My Muslim brother said yesterday: Does God need holy people and a cursed Son?

Yes, right. Jesus was cursed instead of us on the cross because He took the sin of the world. He was punished by death meeting the righteous demands of God for justice. He became sin who knew no sin. He was HOLY! But God treated Jesus as He would live my sinful life! He died to absorb the wrath of God. It was AN amazing transaction!

Do you remember a story in the Taurat/Torah when angels came to Lot to save him and the wicked people wanted to rape Lot because of these angels? The biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah is recorded in Genesis chapters 18-19. Genesis chapter 18 records the Lord and two angels coming to speak with Abraham/Ibrahim. The Lord informed Abraham that "the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous." Verses 22-33 record Abraham pleading with the Lord to have mercy on Sodom and Gomorrah because Abraham's nephew, Lot, and his family lived in Sodom. Lot wanted to protect these angels/ambassadors of God/ and he was ready to give his daughters to these sexual immoral people of Sodom and Gomorrah to rape them instead of angels. Can you give your daughter to rape instead of your friend? No.

Look: �Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof,� (Gen. 19:8).



But this righteous man Lot was acting according to other laws! The laws of LOVE for people and God! These wicked people said that they were going to rape Lot and angels too. Did it happen? No. Angels blinded people. These two angels had visited Lot in Sodom in an effort to get him to leave the city since it was about to be destroyed. So, if righteous men are able to kill their son for the sake of God (like Ibrahim did it) and they love people by being ready to suffer instead of others seeing their daughters raped, then how much our God is ready to suffer for your sake because His nature is LOVE!!!!!

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 1 Peter 1:18-20

For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life. Leviticus 17:11

But what does it mean that Jesus is the Lamb of God?

The word Lamb in Hebrew is kebhes, "a young ram"; compare Arabic kebsh, "ram".

God said in Isaih 53:4 that a Man/Isa Al Massih "he has borne our griefs,". It means that according to the HOLY words of God, Isa Al Massih took away our sins like before through offerings Israelites were able to be free of their sins according to God�s command.

Hebrews kebhes, a male lamb from the first to the third year were offered God daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Exodus 29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Numbers 28:9), at the feast of the New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), of Tabernacles (13-40), of Pentecost (Leviticus 23:18-20), and of the Passover (Exodus 12:5), and on many other occasions (1 Chronicles 29:21; 2 Chronicles 29:21; Leviticus 9:3; 14:10-25).

Thus, the word Lamb/ram is the symbolical language of the Holy Scripture describing that the lamb is the type of meekness and innocence and it was the term used to describe God Jesus.

We know that Justice is one of God�s attributes and flows out of His holiness. Why did God allow to kill His Son? My Muslim brother said the other day:

�He had not been aware of what would be done, so he put himself in a trap and He had no solution except killing himself, or His son!!!!

God can't be ignorant to say something, then he discovers he should not have said it !!!�

Brothers, our God is HOLY! He is against any crimes/sins. That�s why His nature says that punishment for sin is DEATH. We cannt dwell in the holy presence of God until we are cleansed of all our sins and blood of our sins from our hands. That�s why you do wudu before you go to pray allah. If God said that punishment for sin is DEATH then can He abrogate His words? NEVER! In Islam it is possible as we see. But Christian God cannt disown Himself � He said it!!!!! Not we! If according to His al Shariah (before Islam in Israel) people killed many sinners, then who should die if His Son Jesus deliberately takes the sin of the world? His Son. God said that without the shedding the blood there is no forgiveness. That�s why Jews should offer to God animal sacrifices to get His forgiveness. The soul that sins should die- God said. But Jesus took away all sin of the world. Jesus knew that He should die. He spoke about it many times. Is it cruel and senseless but God was not the Master of the ceremonies. He did NOT kill His Son Jesus! Unbelievers did it! He just did not protect His Son! Even Jesus was able to protect Himself because He is the Creator of our planet! It was His will and choice to be crushed instead of us. His Father did not spare His Son but gave Him. It pleased the Father to bruise Him (Isaiah 53). How could He be pleased? The Father was pleased by seeing the outcome, redemption, eternal Plan of Salvation in action and millions of the saved Arabs entering the Kingdom of Heaven because of the LOVE of Jesus and His sufferings instead us. According to Isaiah 53, Jesus was the Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He came to taste the death for every one. He died to show us LOVE of God for you. Remember that He died to absorb the wrath of God. Justice and LOVE have met together and Justice and Mercy have kissed each other. Jesus met the righteous demands of God.

Mercy and truth have met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed.

Psalm 85:10

He became sin who knew no sin. That�s why we can enter free to the Kingdom of God. Is not about our deserving. You will never be good enough. God is simply loving you and justifying and forgiving. He is taking residence in our heart. That�s why we call Him Ar-Rahman wa ar-Rahim!

So, when we call Jesus the Lamb of God, we refer to Him as the perfect and ultimate sacrifice for sin. In fact, the whole sacrificial system established by God in the Old Testament set the stage for the coming of Jesus Christ, who is the perfect sacrifice God would provide as atonement for the sins of His people. Jesus was �like a lamb led to the slaughter� (Jeremiah 11:19; Isaiah 53:7). That�s why He provided us redemption for the Small Remnant. You can be one of us through your FAITH in Him, REPENTANCE and confession of all your sins. Believe in God Jesus and abandon your sins and your name will be written in the Book of Life.

Brothers, in Revelation 4-5 we can see the scene: the heavenly throne room. After receiving the command to write message of God to the seven churches, John, the disciple of Jesus, is �caught up in the spirit� to the throne room in heaven where he is to receive a series of visions that culminate in the ultimate victory of God Jesus at the end of the age. Revelation 4 shows us the endless praise that God receives from the angels and the 24 elders. Chapter 5 begins with John noticing that there is a scroll in the �right hand of Him/Jesus who was seated on the throne.� The scroll has writing on the inside and is sealed with seven seals. After giving us a description of the scroll, an angel proclaims with a loud voice �Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?� John begins to despair when no one comes forth to answer the angel�s challenge. One of the 24 elders points out that the Lion of the tribe of Judah has come to take and open the scroll. The Lion of the tribe of Judah is obviously a reference to Christ. The image of the lion is meant to convey kingship. Thus, Jesus is not only the slain Lamb but He is worthy to receive and open the scroll because He is the King of kings and hosts.

The Holy Scripture reveals the justice of God in all its glory during the end times. We all will see

God�s righteous judgment upon the inhabitants of the earth for their ultimate sin of rejecting Jesus. And we are promised that someday, when God Jesus will physically reigns on earth, God�s righteous justice will finally be on full display. Read it:

Job 5:23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.



Isaiah 2:4 He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

Ezekiel 34:25 "'I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild beasts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety.

Hosea 2:18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.

What does it mean? The prophet describes the effect of Jesus� reign in producing peace and tranquility on the earth. The two leading ideas are those of "peace" and "security." The figure is taken from the condition of animals of all descriptions living in a state of harmony, where those which are by nature defenseless, and which are usually made the prey of the strong, are suffered to live in security. By nature the wolf preys upon the lamb, and the leopard upon the kid, and the adder is venomous, and the bear, and the cow, and the lion, and the ox, cannot live together. But if a state of things should arise, where all this hostility would cease and a little child would be safe. The Holy Scripture describes the righteous reign of the Messiah on earth.

God said: "And the wolf dwells with the lamb, and the leopard lies down with the kid; and calf and lion and stalled ox together: a little boy drives them. And cow and bear go to the pasture; their young ones lie down together: and the lion eats shopped straw like the ox. And the suckling plays by the hole of the adder, and the weaned child stretches its hand to the pupil of the basilisk-viper. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the land is filled with knowledge of Jehovah, like the waters covering the sea." Isaiah 11:6

But how long will be the hostility ceased on earth? For 1,000 years.

What happens then? Let me remind you what I said before:

Soon people will witness the perfect reign of God Jesus for 1,000 years on our earth. But however some of them will refuse to believe in Him. He will stop wars and production of arms but they will still desire to destroy His Kingdom. He will not kill them but they will desire to kill Him like before. He will not attack them, but they will gather together again for a war against Him. There will be no weapon in Jerusalem to protect Jesus, His angels and saints. How He is going to defend Himself? He is God. The Almighty, Omnipresent and Omniscient God who created people and all visible and invisible worlds. Will He dwell among us if people do not want to see His presence? He will show them who He is and how righteously He reigns. He was described by the prophets in the Holy Bible and by reading His Holy words said there, we are able to look into His eyes even today. But even by looking at God, people would like to live without God!

How He is going to exist with those who do not want to exist with Him?

He is going to take those, who want to dwell with Him, to a NEW WORLD created by Him�.So, it will be a final and great escape to another WORLD soon�.Will you be among us? Or do you prefer to be left on our planet which will be destroyed?

Summary: Brothers, when Jesus is referred to as the Lamb, you should remember that He is also the Lion. He is not only the Man. But Almighty God dwelling in the body. He is not only the sacrificial Lamb who took away the reproach of sin from His people but He is the conquering King who will slay the enemies of God by the WORDS of God at His return during the Judgment Day. He is against the war and He is God of Peace and Justice. But His Justice is going to devour His enemies who will be gathered together for the two coming Wars in Jerusalem raping Jewish women according to the prophecies. Will you share in His ultimate victory? Or are you going to see the flames of fire around you?

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