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PARABLES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
LESSON #05
THE PARABLE OF THE LAMB AND ITS LOAD (JOH 1:29)
- MEMORY VERSE: JOH 1:29
- JOH 1:29-36 THE PARABLE OF THE LAMB AND ITS LOAD
- READ JOH 1:29-36
- WHAT IS THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF THE PARABLE IN JOHN 1:29?
- THERE IS A SACRIFICIAL LAMB OF GOD WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO TAKE AWAY SIN.
- WHO IS THE LAMB OF GOD?
- JESUS CHRIST IS THE LAMB OF GOD.
- BY THE CONTEXT OF THE PASSAGE, WE KNOW THE PHRASE REFERS TO JESUS. (SEE VERSE 29)
- WHY IS HE CALLED A LAMB?
- THERE ARE REFERENCES TO THE LAMB THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE.
- READ ISA 53:7
- READ ACT 8:32
- READ 1PET 1:19
- READ REV 5:12-13
- TWENTY SEVEN TIMES THERE IS A REFERENCE TO THE LAMB IN REVELATION.
- WHY DOES REVELATION USE THIS SAME ILLUSTRATION OF THE SUFFERING LAMB WHEN THE BOOK IS ABOUT JESUS SECOND COMING AS A KING?
- THE BOOK OF REVELATION WAS WRITTEN BY JOHN WHO WROTE ABOUT THE LAMB IN THE BOOK OF JOHN.
- JOHN PROVES THAT THE SAME SUFFERING SERVANT WHO WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS IS THE SAME PERSON AS THE KING OF KINGS WHO WILL RULE FOR ALL ETERNITY.
- THE BIBLE PRESENTS THE LAMB AS A TYPE OR PREFIGURE OF CHRIST:
- GEN 22:7-8
- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE LAMB IS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.
- IN ABRAHAMS SACRIFICE OF ISAAC, ISAAC ASKS, “WHERE IS THE LAMB?” ABRAHAMS ANSWER WAS, “GOD WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB.”
- GOD PROVIDED HIMSELF AS THAT SACRIFICE IN THE FORM OF JESUS CHRIST.
- JOH 1:29
- JOHN THE BAPTIST PRESENTED JESUS CHRIST AS THE LAMB OF GOD WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
- EXO 12:1-14
- THE PASSOVER LAMB IS THE BROADEST ILLUSTRATION OF JESUS CHRIST AS THE LAMB OF GOD.
- THE PASSOVER LAMB AS A TYPE OF REDEMPTION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST:
| THE PASSOVER REDEMPTION: | CHRISTS REDEMPTION: |
| THE BLOOD SACRIFICE MUST BE A LAMB EXO 12:3 |
JESUS CHRIST IS THE BLOOD SACRIFICE 1COR 5:7 |
| THE PASSOVER LAMB MUST BE WITHOUT DEFECT EXO 12:5 |
JESUS CHRIST WAS PERFECT, WITHOUT SIN 1PET 1:18-19 |
| THE PASSOVER LAMB MUST BE IN THE PRIME OF LIFE EXO 12:5 |
JESUS CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED IN THE PRIME OF LIFE |
| THE LAMBS BLOOD MUST BE SHED SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE LIFE EXO 12:6-7 |
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST WAS SHED FOR ALL TO HAVE LIFE JOH 3:16 |
| THE LAMBS BLOOD MUST BE APPLIED PERSONALLY TO ONES DOOR WITH HYSSOP EXO 12:7,22 |
CHRISTS BLOOD MUST BE APPLIED PERSONALLY TO ONES HEART IN FAITH ROM 3:25-26 ROM 10:9-10 |
| THE LAMBS BLOOD MUST BE SEEN FROM THE OUTSIDE EXO 12:7 |
CHRIST MUST BE OPENLY CONFESSED MAT 10:32-33 |
| THERE WAS NO SAFETY EXCEPT BEHIND THE BLOOD-STAINED DOORS EXO 12:22 |
THERE IS NO SAFETY FROM JUDGMENT EXCEPT BEHIND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST MAR 16:16 |
| IN SAFETY, THE PEOPLE FEED ON THE PASSOVER LAMB EXO 12:8 |
THE BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN SAFETY AND FEEDS ON THE WORDS OF CHRIST JOH 6:53, 56 |
| THE FLESH OF THE LAMB IS EATEN WITH BITTER HERBS EXO 12:8 |
WE MUST RECALL, IN A SPIRIT OF CONTRITION, WHAT REDEMPTION COST CHRIST. LUK 22:19 |
| IN THE PASSOVER, THE MEAL MUST BE SEPARATED FROM LEAVEN (YEAST) EXO 12:8 |
THE BELIEVER MUST SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM EVIL (YEAST) 1COR 3:9-10 |
| THE ISRAELITES MUST MAINTAIN A PILGRIM ATTITUDE; READY TO LEAVE AT ANY MOMENT EXO 12:11 |
THE BELIEVER MUST MAINTAIN A PILGRIM ATTITUDE BECAUSE THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME. 1PET 2:11 HEB 11:13 |
| THE PASSOVER LAMB WAS SLAIN AT 3:00 PM EXO 12:6 |
JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS AT 3:00 PM. MAT 17:45,50 |
| NO PASSOVER BLOOD WAS APPLIED TO THE THRESHOLD OF THE DOOR EXO 12:7 |
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST MUST NOT BE TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT HEB 20:28-29 |
| THE PASSOVER LAMB WAS ROASTED WITH FIRE EXO 12:8 |
CHRIST ENDURED THE HOT ANGER OF GODS WRATH WHEN HE BECAME SIN FOR US ON THE CROSS 1COR 5:21 |
- THE JEWS STILL CELEBRATE THE PASSOVER EVERY SPRING WITH A VERY MEANINGFUL CEREMONY THAT ALSO POINTS TO JESUS CHRIST.
| THE CEREMONY IN JESUS TIME: | THE SIGNIFICANCE AND TIMING: |
| A PRAYER FOR THE FIRST CUP OF WINE POURED | THIS IS CALLED THE CUP OF SANCTIFICATION LUK 22:17-18 |
| A CEREMONIAL WASHING OF HANDS BY THE HOST | |
| THE FIRST DIPPING OF FOOD: RAW VEGETABLES (BITTER HERBS) DIPPED IN SALT WATER OR VINEGAR AND PASSED TO ALL |
THE BITTER HERBS REPRESENT SUFFERING WHILE THE SALT WATER OR VINEGAR REPRESENTS TEARS |
| THE SECOND CUP OF WINE IS POURED BUT NOT DRUNK | THIS CUP IS CALLED THE CUP OF INIQUITY (A CUP FILLED WITH THE SINS OF MAN). |
| A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IS RECITED WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE LAMB (SACRIFICE FOR SIN), BITTER HERBS (SUFFERING), UNLEAVENED BREAD (WITHOUT SIN). | |
| PSA 113 AND PSA 114 IS SUNG | |
| THE SECOND CUP OF WINE IS DRUNK | THE CUP OF INIQUITY BECOMES THE CUP OF PRAISE (SIN HAS BEEN PAID FOR) |
| HANDS ARE WASHED IN RESPECT FOR THE UNLEAVENED BREAD | JESUS WASHES DISCIPLES FEET AT THIS POINT IN THE CELEBRATION JOH 13:4,5 |
| THE HOST BREAKS THE CENTER PIECE OF 3 PIECES OF UNLEAVENED BREAD AND ASKS THE BLESSING | THE CENTERPIECE OF BREAD REPRESENTS THE SECOND MEMBER OF THE TRINITY (CHRIST), BROKEN FOR US. IT IS A FLAT CRACKER, PIERCED AS CHRIST WAS PIERCED LUK 22:19 |
| THE BREAD IS DIPPED IN BITTER HERBS AND GIVEN TO ALL | JESUS GIVES SOME TO JUDAS WHO LEAVES THE PASSOVER CELEBRATION AT THIS POINT. JOH 13:26 MAT 26:26 MAR 14:22 |
| EVERYONE PRESENT EATS THE LAMB | NOTICE JUDAS DID NOT EAT OF THE PASSOVER LAMB |
| AFTER SUPPER, A THIRD CUP OF WINE IS POURED | THIS CUP IS CALLED THE CUP OF REDEMPTION LUK 22:20 MAT 26:27 MAR 14:23 |
| ALL THOSE PRESENT RECITE AN AFTER DINNER BLESSING | 1 COR 11:23,24 |
| ALL THOSE PRESENT DRINK FROM THE THIRD CUP | NOTICE THAT JUDAS DID NOT DRINK FROM THE CUP OF REDEMPTION. |
| PSA 115-118 IS RECITED | |
| THE FOURTH CUP OF WINE IS POURED AND DRUNK | THIS CUP IS CALLED THE CUP OF ACCEPTANCE. IT IS ALSO CALLED THE CUP OF ELIJAH |
| THE PASSOVER CELEBRATION ENDS WITH A CLOSING HYMN | MAT 26:30 MAR 14:26 |
- THE BURDEN OF THE LAMB = TO BEAR THE SINS OF THE WORLD
- THE WORD, “BEARETH” MEANS = TO RAISE, TO LIFT UP, TO TAKE AWAY, TO REMOVE.
- THIS WORD IS USED 25 TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ABOUT THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS.
HOMEWORK
THE PARABLE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND HIS FRIEND (JOH 3:29,30)
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.
- APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE LAMB AND ITS LOAD (JOH 1:29-36)
- WHAT DID YOU LEARN THAT WAS NEW CONCERNING JESUS AS THE LAMB OF GOD?
- WORSHIP HIM THIS WEEK WITH THESE NEW THOUGHTS IN MIND.
- PREPARATION FOR THE PARABLE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND HIS FRIEND (JOH 3:29,30)
- FOR CONTEXT OF THE PARABLE, READ JOH 3:22-36
- WHAT IS THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF THE PARABLE?
- WHO DOES THE BRIDE REPRESENT? HOW DO YOU KNOW?
- WHO DOES THE BRIDEGROOM REPRESENT?
- WHO DOES THE FRIEND OF THE BRIDEGROOM REPRESENT?
- WHO MUST INCREASE AND WHO MUST DECREASE? WHY?
- MEMORY VERSE: ISA 62:5
