Many modern-day “Christians” keep Jesus frozen in the image of a little lamb, which ultimately denies Him of His present position as the Lion of Judah.
You quote Revelation as revealing Jesus as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah:
Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” (Revelation 5:5)
Yes, Jesus is seen as a Lion, but not in Revelation, despite this title being given to him here- for the next verse talks not about a lion but a Lamb:
And I looked, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, amidst the elders, a Lamb stood, as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne. And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb,....(Rev 5:6-8)
They worshiped the Lamb of God, later people were terrified of the Lamb:
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb (Rev 6:6)
An angry lamb is not something that would make anyone scared! Yet all through Revelation it is the Lamb, not the Lion image, that we see.
The Lamb is therefore clearly how God wants us to see Jesus in his role, even at the end time.
Later in Revelation 19:19, when Jesus actually returns to the Earth, we see him as a all conquering hero on a white horse whose name is the Word of God and KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
But for most of Revelation Jesus is seen as a Lamb, and one that had been slaughtered.
It is a very strange and totally contradictory image- a Lamb is the most innocent and gentle creature, yet it is shown "slain", which means violently killed, yet it is alive and taking a scroll and opening it (again both very difficult things for a lamb to do with it hoofs!)
Everything about this image of the Lamb in Revelation is confusing and counterintuitive to the normal image we have of a lamb- including of course the seven horns and seven eyes!
Obviously it is all symbolic of the role of Jesus and his sacrifice, but he is not seen as a lion.
We are now in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is spoken of by Paul to the Gentile church at Corinth:
"Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover (Lamb) is sacrificed for us: (1Cor 5:7 )
Christ is most often revealed as the Passover Lamb that takes away the sin of all the world, not just the Jews. John 1:29
That is interesting Stephen. Jesus is called the Lion of the tribe of Judah once in Revelation, which is the book about the end time when Christ returns, yet Revelation calls him the Lamb 27 times.
Yeap. Yeshua is always noted in the prophecies by His first coming, the Lamb, and His second coming, the Lion. In Heaven the doctrines of peace (Lamb) and revenge (Lion) remain coherent and true to His full identity.
You quote Revelation as revealing Jesus as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah:
Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” (Revelation 5:5)
Yes, Jesus is seen as a Lion, but not in Revelation, despite this title being given to him here- for the next verse talks not about a lion but a Lamb:
And I looked, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, amidst the elders, a Lamb stood, as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne. And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb,....(Rev 5:6-8)
They worshiped the Lamb of God, later people were terrified of the Lamb:
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb (Rev 6:6)
An angry lamb is not something that would make anyone scared! Yet all through Revelation it is the Lamb, not the Lion image, that we see.
The Lamb is therefore clearly how God wants us to see Jesus in his role, even at the end time.
Later in Revelation 19:19, when Jesus actually returns to the Earth, we see him as a all conquering hero on a white horse whose name is the Word of God and KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
But for most of Revelation Jesus is seen as a Lamb, and one that had been slaughtered.
It is a very strange and totally contradictory image- a Lamb is the most innocent and gentle creature, yet it is shown "slain", which means violently killed, yet it is alive and taking a scroll and opening it (again both very difficult things for a lamb to do with it hoofs!)
Everything about this image of the Lamb in Revelation is confusing and counterintuitive to the normal image we have of a lamb- including of course the seven horns and seven eyes!
Obviously it is all symbolic of the role of Jesus and his sacrifice, but he is not seen as a lion.
We are now in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is spoken of by Paul to the Gentile church at Corinth:
"Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover (Lamb) is sacrificed for us: (1Cor 5:7 )
Christ is most often revealed as the Passover Lamb that takes away the sin of all the world, not just the Jews. John 1:29
He is the Lamb of God in His first coming and in His Second Coming - the Lion of Judah.
That is interesting Stephen. Jesus is called the Lion of the tribe of Judah once in Revelation, which is the book about the end time when Christ returns, yet Revelation calls him the Lamb 27 times.
Yeap. Yeshua is always noted in the prophecies by His first coming, the Lamb, and His second coming, the Lion. In Heaven the doctrines of peace (Lamb) and revenge (Lion) remain coherent and true to His full identity.