Revelation
Christ The Lamb of God
The majestic presence of the eternal Son of God fills the last book of the Bible with the glimpse it gives us of His glory throughout the eternal future, Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and for ever; one with the Father and with the Holy Spirit. “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.” “The Lamb is all the glory of Immanuel’s Land.”
Rev. 13:8 takes us back to the earliest ages: “The Lamb slain (in the purpose of God) from the foundation of the world.”
Rev. 5:6. John’s vision of the future shows us till all eternity “a Lamb as it had been slain.”
Between these two records lies the progressive teaching of the whole Bible with regard to the Lamb of God. Abel’s lamb; Abraham’s words, “God will provide Himself a Lamb,” prefigured in the sacrifice of his beloved son; the ram caught in the thicket, sacrificed in his stead. The Passover Lamb; the two goats on the day of the Atonement. The Lamb of Isaiah 53 is seen to prefigure a person, the coming Messiah The words of John the Baptist, recorded by this same John in his Gospel: “Behold the Lamb of God, which beareth away the sin of the world!” God’s eternal purpose for our salvation is seen behind all these Scriptures. “It is this book which contains the title of ‘Lamb’ no less than twenty-six times, emphasising thereby the increasing value of the sacrificial nature of Christ in the last dark times.”74
Rev. 5:6. The Lamb is one with the Lion of the tribe of Judah. John looked up, expecting to see a Lion, and he saw a Lamb as it had been slain. The same thought is brought out in that remarkable expression “the wrath of the Lamb” (6:16). In connection with this we may note that the strongest words, relative to the future judgment, fell from the lips of Him who was perfect love.
Rev. 7:14. Salvation through the blood of the Lamb.
Rev. 12:11. Victory through the blood of the Lamb.
Rev. 5:12, 13. The new song of eternity will be “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.”
Rev. 5:8. The worship of the Lamb.
Rev. 7:17. The Lamb identified with the Good Shepherd of John’s Gospel.
Rev. 13:8. The Lamb’s book of life (21:27, 22:19).
Rev. 14:1-4. The faithful followers of the Lamb.
Rev. 17:14. The victory of the Lamb over all His enemies.
Rev. 19:13, 16. The Lamb is identified with the Word of God of John’s Gospel.
Rev. 19:7, 9 and 21:1-9. The bride of the Lamb, and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, identifying Him with the Bridegroom of John’s Gospel.
Rev. 21:22. The Lamb and the Lord God Almighty are the Temple of the New Jerusalem.
Rev. 21:23. The Lamb is the Light of the heavenly city, identifying Him with the Light of the World in John’s Gospel.
Genesis.
Paradise lost.
Creation of heaven and earth.
The curse enters—Sin, Sorrow, Suffering, Death.
Tree of Life guarded.
Four rivers watering the garden.
Revelation.
Paradise regained
A new heaven and a new earth.
No more curse—No more Sin, Sorrow, Suffering, Death.
Tree of Life restored.
A pure river of water of life.
The last chapter contains Christ’s thrice uttered word, His last recorded word to His Church, “Behold, I come quickly.” “Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
74 The Spiritual Grasp of the Epistles. Rev. Chas. Fox.