Yesterday,
John the Baptist claimed to be the voice for God who was coming... in fact,
maybe God had even been standing there among them!
With
Israel expecting their Messiah to show up any day, the air must have been
electric with excitement. Have their
priests got oil ready to anoint Him with?
Today, the
only one to recognise Him is John the Baptist ...as heaven anoints Jesus - publicly - with the Holy Ghost in the
form of a dove! (John 1:29- )
Surely
John the Baptist will now acclaim Jesus as the Messiah?
No - he announces:
“Behold
the Lamb of God!...which taketh away the sin of the world”
(Not just for the chosen ones!)
(Not just for the chosen ones!)
The
public response?? Zilch! Everyone knows what happens to sacrificial
lambs…an unthinkable end for Israel’s Messiah...You’ve got to be kidding!...Die
for the sin of the world??
Next day…
John tries that again: “Behold the Lamb of God!”
John tries that again: “Behold the Lamb of God!”
Now
there’s a response - from the faithful witness of John, as some of his
disciples switch rabbis to follow this ‘Lamb
of God’ privately, to then realize He is the Messiah (Christ).
We’ve
already been told that Jesus is…
- The Word
- God
- The Light of the world
Now John
fades off the scene as next day they realize Jesus is also…
- the Son of God and...
- the King of Israel
7 titles!….
Oh and there’s a bonus for the future:
- the ‘Son of Man’ – the Universal King of Heaven and Earth! Then the angels will have no need for the ladder in Jacob’s dream, all those years ago.
NEXT: Will Jesus now
head for Jerusalem to be crowned King?
Daniel 7:9-14 ; 9:24- Gen 28:12
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