Lamb
Holstege explores the theological significance of the lamb in Old Testament sacrificial practice, tracing its typological meaning as it points to Christ's atoning work. Through vivid reflection on the emotional and spiritual weight of lamb sacrifice, the article illuminates how God communicated the gravity of sin and the costliness of redemption to His covenant people, culminating in the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, the Lamb of God.
If you were a Jew in the Old Testament, you would have been familiar with the lamb. You would have chosen one for your family every year at Passover (Ex. 12:3). It would have been a perfect lamb with no blemishes, a male of the first year, taken away from suckling at its mother's breast (Ex. 12:5; I Pet. 1:19). You would have looked at its snowy white wool and into its large brown eyes before taking a knife and letting out its blood with a stroke to the neck. The flesh of the lamb would then be...
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