11/18/2023 0 Comments An easter bible verse![]() When we read in the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, in chapter 5 we find a description of the Lamb of God. “The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” Jesus Christ the Lamb of God The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel” ( John 1:29-30). Then, when the time came to sacrifice Isaac: “God himself will provide the lamb for the offering.” Some scholars have said the original Hebrew could have been translated - “God will provide the lamb for the offering…Himself.”Īnd then, some 1,800 years later: in the Gospel of John, John the Baptist - a Jewish itinerant prophet who was “…the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘make straight the way for the Lord’” ( John 1:23) - describes Jesus this way: ![]() Moses, who had grown up as an adopted prince of Egypt, had himself escaped after being accused of murder and then returned at God’s call to help his people escape slavery after 400 years. The Book of Exodus was devoted entirely to the escape of the Hebrews from Egypt and from the grips of slavery and Pharoah. We don’t celebrate the solstice or the equinox. What has changed, however, is that our celebrations have nothing to do with pagan rites or rituals, regardless of what non-believers try to accuse. The holidays tended to be treated as opportunities for heavy drinking and merrymaking. Here in America, the Puritans refused to celebrate Christmas and Easter, as they regarded both as too tainted by pagan influences to be appropriate for Christians. ![]() Yet even the name “Easter” has a bit of an uncertain origin - perhaps a pre-Christian goddess named Eostre, who was celebrated by English Christians - in a time before Christianity - who decided to simply retain the name.
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