The appearance of this Lamb at the particular moment described by John was exceedingly suitable.
I pray that we may have on this earth a clear and constant sight of the sin-bearing Lamb and then, in yonder world of glory, we shall behold Him in the midst of the Throne and the living creatures and the elders. In his last days the beloved disciple was to see this same Christ, under the same figure of a lamb, as the great revealer of secrets, the expounder of the mind of God, the taker of the sealed book and the looser of the seals which bound up the mysterious purposes of God towards the children of men. John knew that He was the appointed Sacrifice, set forth in the morning and evening lamb and in the Paschal Lamb, by whose blood Israel was redeemed from death. He had beheld Him when He was brought "as a lamb to the slaughter," so that the idea was indelibly fixed upon his mind that Jesus, the Christ, was the Lamb of God. That was his first view of Him, when the Baptist, pointing to Jesus, said, "Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world." He had been very familiar with this blessed Personage, having often laid his head upon His bosom, feeling that this tender goodness of the Savior proved Him to be in nature gentle as a lamb. THE Apostle John had long known the Lord Jesus as the Lamb. And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the Throne." Revelation 5:6, 7. "And I beheld and, lo, in the midst of the Throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
DELIVERED ON LORD'S DAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1889,ĪT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON.
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