According to John 3:16, the fundamental trait of God that the Father embodies through the Lamb of God is His love for us as human beings in order to give everyone the opportunity to be freed from the oppression and separation due to sin and to have eternal life (cf. John 1:29).

 

John 3:16:
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

 

John 1:29:
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! …”

 

The Lamb of God encompasses the structure of God’s sonship, which is at the same time connected to God’s seat of government, because at Jesus’ baptism the Father’s voice was heard from heaven, thereby revealing eternal sonship before men (cf. John 1:33-34 i.c.w. Revelation 5:6).

 

John 1:33-34:
33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”

 

Revelation 5:6:
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. …

 

 

In the book of Revelation, the Lamb of God bears the temporary body of time that includes the life of Jesus Christ as the one who died, was crucified, and is resurrected.

 

At the time of Passover, the blood of the Lamb was smeared by the Israelites on the lintel of the door as well as on the two doorposts, and it was Jesus who spoke of Himself as being the door (cf. Exodus 12:5-7 i.c.w. John 10:9).

 

Exodus 12:5-7:
5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.
6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.
7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

 

John 10:9:
9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

 

This reveals to us that only through the Lamb of God is access granted to the governmental realm of God, which is related to true dedication to God the Father and submission to His will. Only by acknowledging the Lamb of God, who is Jesus Christ as the one who died and rose again, are we authorized to sit at the right hand of God (cf. Colossians 3:1-4).

 

Colossians 3:1-4:
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

 

 

As a result, we move in the power of the seven horns and the seven eyes of the Lamb of God.

 

Using the Hebrew word ’שֶׂה – śäh’ for ‘lamb’, it is clear that the kingship of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit in the form of the ‘breath/wind’ have their starting point in the sacrifice of Christ (cf. John 16:7). (The word explanation to the Hebrew term for ‘lamb’ is taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible with the word key number: 7782.)

 

John 16:7:
7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

 

Each individual characteristic of the Holy Spirit according to Isaiah 11:2, acting like a blazing ray of light (cf. Luke 11:34a), is assigned to a horn of the Lamb. Thus, the following arrangement can be revealing, which can only be active through the sacrificial death of Christ, which He suffered on the middle cross of Golgotha (cf. Revelation 5:6.12):

 

 

Isaiah 11:2:
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord – …

 

Luke 11:34a:
34a Your eye is the lamp of your body. …

 

Revelation 5:6.12:
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. …
12 In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”

 

 

It isn’t the lion structure of Christ that bears the seven horns, but His body as the Lamb. However, before the Lamb is revealed, the Lion from the tribe of Judah (means ‘praise, worship’) is revealed concealed by the auditory, which is connected to the root (Note: hidden realm) and Judah is the sound that praises God (cf. Revelation 5:5-6).

 

Revelation 5:5-6:
5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

 

Accordingly, in the Lamb of God is revealed humility and its power in the form of obedience to the Father, since it was slain and is in possession of the seven horns as well as seven eyes.

 

 

In Exodus 12:3-14 we read, “The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you when I strike the land of Egypt … This day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord. Throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.”

 

Passover is a biblical feast created by God to celebrate protection and deliverance through the blood of the Lamb. This festival was given to us to strengthen our faith and prepare us in order to enter into the fullness of God’s blessings (Note: grace).

 

The Passover was ordained by God for the Jewish people in the Tanakh (Note: Hebrew Bible) to teach them the importance of redemption through the blood. Furthermore, it was observed by Christians in the New Testament to internalize and remember God’s redemptive work. The period of Passover is also included in the slain Lamb of God standing before the throne of God.

 

Passover is thus as much a New Testament festival as it is a Tanakh festival. It runs through the entire New Testament. Jesus and the apostles also celebrated Passover. The original Last Supper of the Lord was a Passover meal. The apostles taught the Gentile churches to celebrate the Passover.

 

In First Corinthians, Paul wrote to a predominantly Gentile congregation and said, “For our Passover lamb, Christ, has also been slain. Therefore let us celebrate the feast.” (cf. 1 Corinthians 5:7-8).

 

 

The nature of the Lamb, which represents, among other things, love, humility, purity, freedom and obedience to the will of God, is a call to us as the people of God in Christ Jesus to enter the new time phase of the redemption cycle in these qualities and to be ready to develop them further. It is a matter of identifying with Him in the Holy Spirit in Christ without compromise in order to merge (Note: become one) with His nature.

 

As Jesus teaches us as disciples that apart from Him we can do nothing and He exhorts us to abide in Him, at Passover we can enter into a new time cycle of redemption in Him, the Lamb of God, and be grounded in it to bear fruit anew in the form of works of faith and grace through redemption (cf. John 15:4 i.c.w. John 6:56).

 

John 15:4:
4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

 

John 6:56:
56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.

 

Furthermore, it is a call to pass through Christ as the door to be nourished in the Spirit-Man through His sacrifice on the cross in the throne room presence of the Father, just as Jesus said (cf. John 10:9 i.c.w. Revelation 4:2-3).

 

John 10:9:
9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture (Note: greenish).

 

Revelation 4:2-3:
2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald (Note: greenish in its color) encircled the throne.

 

John the Baptist revealed Jesus to the people in the wilderness with the words, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” Furthermore, Paul writes to the saints in Corinth that “Christ our Passover Lamb has been slain.” From this it is clear that the Passover is solely about Jesus.

 

 

(Note: This message contains content from the teaching “The Passover and its Meaning” by Dr. Robert Heidler, GZI)

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel & Tina Glimm