Ok - Katy's post spoke to much of what I wanted to write....well played Conlin! You win..this time.
I also wanted to comment on pg 21. "Jesus- the Lamb of God - fulfills something of all the "lambs" we considered.
Conquering lamb, suffering lamb, Passover lamb, scapegoat, lamb provided to Abraham, the one great final sacrifice.
Only God could give John the words and only God can fill all of those meanings in one meaning....in one person! JESUS!!! I am taken back by God and how complete and at the same time how mysterious He is.
As I read your post I immediately thought of the mystery horror - Silence of the Lambs. Christ was silenced horrifically at the cross and yet all things in the earth and under the earth shouts and sings, "WORTHY IS THE LAMB" and "JESUS CHRIST IS LORD." He redefines the enemy's most devastating emptiness with meaning. Tragic discord with harmony. Death with life. Silence with praise. I guess you can't keep a good LAMB down.
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