The real voice of truth

<p>When Jesus is called the Lamb of God in <a href='https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John%201.29'>John 1:29</a> and <a href='https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John%201.36'>John 1:36</a>, it is referring to Him as the perfect and ultimate sacrifice for sin. In order to understand who Christ was and what He did, we must begin with the Old Testament, which contains prophecies concerning the coming of Christ as a “guilt offering” (<a href='https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Isa%2053.10'>Isaiah 53:10</a>). In fact, the whole sacrificial system established by God in the Old Testament set the stage for the coming of Jesus Christ, who is the perfect sacrifice God would provide as atonement for the sins of His people (<a href='https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%208.3'>Romans 8:3</a>; <a href='https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Heb%2010'>Hebrews 10</a>).</p> The sacrifice of lambs played a very important role in the Jewish religious life and sacrificial system. When John the Baptist referred to Jesus as the “Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (<a href='https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John%201.29'>John 1:29</a>), the Jews who heard him might have immediately thought of any one of several important sacrifices. With the time of the Passover feast being very near, the first thought might be the sacrifice of the Passover lamb. The Passover feast was one of the main Jewish holidays and a celebration in remembrance of God’s deliverance of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt. In fact, the slaying of the Passover lamb and the applying of the blood to doorposts of the houses (<a href='https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Exod%2012.11-13'>Exodus 12:11-13</a>) is a beautiful picture of Christ’s atoning work on the cross. Those for whom He died are covered by His blood, protecting us from the angel of (spiritual) death. Another important sacrifice involving lambs was the daily sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem. Every morning and evening, a lamb was sacrificed in the temple for the sins of the people (<a href='https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Exod%202