LAMB/LION

It is a time when many celebrate My birth, even though I was not born during the time  that many consider the season of My birth..  I was born during the lambing season in Israel in early spring..  I am the "Lamb of God" Who takes away the sins of the world.  I am the "Lamb" who was slain from the foundation of the Earth.

When you worship Me, you often sing, "Worthy is the 'Lamb'."  This is a song that you will sing when you gather with the saints around the crystal sea.  I want you to think about the personality of the lamb.  Lambs silently go to their slaughter, and I also went to My death on the tree without resistance.  I am the "Lamb," Who shed His blood as the perfect sacrifice to reconcile you to My Father.

I am the "Lamb" without spot or blemish, and I am also the "Lion of Judah."  The day will come when all nations will come to worship Me.  At that time I will rule with a rod of iron those nations that fail to come up to worship Me. I am the "Lion of Judah" Who will judge all nations.  The portrayal of Me as the "Lamb" and as the "Lion" reveal two of My most important characteristics.  I am both merciful and just.  Remember always that I mete out My judgment with mercy.

ISAIAH 53:7; JOHN 1:29; 1 PETER 1:19; REVELATION 5:12