Q1. Prophetic Insight

[Jubilee]

Q1. How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29). How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

John the Baptist was the last prophet of the Old Testament and a prophet of the New Testament. He studied and understand perfectly well that the Messiah will come be Suffering Servant of the Lord.

John the Baptist knew that the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice because as a Jew he knew that lambs were used to sacrifice. He knew the blood of the lamb

is used to atone for the sin of the people and as he saw Jesus he proclaimed him as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

The understanding of "sins of the world" is so radical a concept because Jesus bore our sin in order to deal away with sin consciousness/nature of man. In the Old Testament the priest confess the sins of the people by placing his hand on the head of the goat and then leading the goat into the wilderness never to return again and the people believed their sins were taken away. But this time Jesus became our substitute and the sin of the world was laid upon and he bore them all. In addition, he bore our sicknesses and diseases, and poverty. He became sin for us who knew no sin.

[JanMary]

Q1. How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29).

John's statement "takes away the sin" demonstrates the concept and practice of the necessity for a perfect, spotless lamb's blood to be shed in order to appease the wrath of God toward sin and unrighteousness.

How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

The type and shadow of Jesus sacrifice for the whole world was in the lamb's blood smeared on the doorposts before the Exodus....a picture of the blood of Jesus smeared on the Cross of Calvary, once and for everyone in the world. Until the Cross, each individual was required by the law to sacrifice a lamb for one's own sin.

[Miss Christina]

Q1. How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29). How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

In ancient Hebrew culture it is customary to use lambs as atonement for one's sins such as in the story of Abraham and Isaac, when the Lord stopped Abraham from killing Isaac, God provided a ram instead for the offering. Even the high priest who enters the holy of holies has to offer up a sacrifice for his own sins. He cannot do it for another much less for many people like Jesus who took upon Himself the sin of the whole world. It was unheard of at that time.

[jilla]

Q1. How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29). How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

Well, I think that this statement refers to sacarafice because they used lambs as a way of sacrifice for sin offering.

Sins of the world is a radical concept because they like us don't think about the "world" so much as they think about those around them.

[Greta]

The Old Testement shows us that the sacrifice for a sin offering is to be "A year old lamb without blemish" I think that God Himself revealed to John that Jesus was the un-blemished lamb for sacrifice, and also that as the Son of God, He would wipe out everyone's sin - not just the sin already committed, but the sins of the future too.

[Foofee's Nana]

How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29). How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

The Jewish people had always used animal sacrifice to follow the rules of God....they had certain animals that were to be sacrificed for different issues. So for John the Baptist to point out that....Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.....seemed prophetic. The cost of the price of sin was a bloody one.....and it would take a Lamb of God to pay that price.

[hanks]

Q1. (John 1:29)

How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice?

From OT readings we know that the lamb was a sacrificial animal among the Jews. God had taught His chosen people to slay a lamb and to sprinkle its blood as a sacrifice. The lamb was killed as a substitute and its blood shed so that sins might be forgiven. However, the blood of the lambs slain during the OT period did not put away sin. These lambs pointed forward to the fact that God would one day provide a Lamb who would actually take away the sin. All down through the years, godly Jews had waited for the coming of this Lamb. Now at last the time had come, and John the Baptist triumphantly announced the arrival of the true Lamb of God.

How was the comprehensiveness of "sin of the world" so radical a concept?

The Jewish sacrifices were intended for the benefit of their nation only. The sacrifice of Christianity applies to all nations and for all time. When John the Baptist said that Jesus bears the sin of the world, he did not mean that everyone's sins are therefore forgiven. Rather, the death of Christ was great enough in value to pay for the sins of the whole world, but only those sinners who receive the Lord Jesus as Saviour are forgiven.

[Jeffb]

How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice?

In my summation the reference to

[2B4EverHis]

First Question: The only atonement to sin is by a sacrifice of blood. In the old testament, for a diverse of sins there was a different animal sacrificed.

Second Question: There were only sacrifices of individual sins before and now we are being introduced by the Holy Spirit of a sacrifice of the Lamb of God for the sins of ALL the World. It seems impossible to fathom such a big an awesome sacrifice.

[jrbalibay]

How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29).

John the Baptist's statement was relevant to Jewish religious culture wherein people atone for their sins via sacrificial offering, such as a LAMB, as prescribed in the Torah.

How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

Based on the same Jewish tradition, offering a lamb sacrifice as atonement for sin covers an individual only. John the Baptist's statement is radical because the "sins of the world" will be atoned for with only ONE sacrifice, and even more so that it will cover for all time, not just one year.

[joyce dykstra]

Q1. I know that John the Baptist statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice because throughout the O.T. the Jews were instructed by God to use an unblemished lamb as a sacrafice offering in atonment for their sins. John knew that Jesus was to be the sacrifical Lamb because it was revealed to him by divine revelation. When he referred to Jesus as The Lamb of God who will take away the sins of the world, the statement could be taken as radical because in those times only the Jews could get forgiviness.

[t-c]

How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice?.

As God provided animal skins for Adam and Eve to wear as they left the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3:21; restoring relationship with Himself and point to the first animal sacrifice. In God's covenant with Israel, sin always required sacrifice So to remove or forgive sin would require a sacrifice.

How was the comprehensiveness of "sin of the world" so radical a concept?

Because, until John the Baptist's statement, sin and sacrifice was confined to the people of Israel. The idea of a sacrifce that would forgive the sins of everyone in the world was new and unheard of to say the least. That the sins of gentiles would be included in God's plans, had to be unbelieveable.

[Nic]

How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29).

John the Baptist spoke about the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. The Jewish people previously used a lamb to make atonement for the sins of the people. This was done via sacrifice where the animal was killed. This is the same concept of who Jesus came to earth as - the Lamb who would be sacrificed for the atonement of sin.

How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

Usually the priest would make the sacrifice on behalf of the people of Israel. The Jews were God's chosen people and so many thought that they alone had special favors with God. However, Jesus did not die for the sins of Israel alone, He died for the sins of all. This was a radical concept for that day and time in which John the Baptist spoke these words.

[Nelson Collar]

How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice?

I feel John the Baptist was the forerunner of Christ and the philosophy was radical. When Jesus came to John he proclaimed that He was the One that would take away the sins of the world. It was unheard of and they were to believe, but some believed.

How was the comprehensiveness of "sin of the world" so radical a concept?

Since the beginning in the garden animals have been used as a sacrifice for our wrongs (sin) and now it was going to be different. People are not going to need animals for their sins. Human nature is most often a doubting belief, show me! It’s is radical and how can one person change all that? Jesus Christ took all the sins of the world (yesterday, today and forever) we have an advocate that stands in when we do those things that we know not to do. We can come straight to the Father, The Throne of Grace and we do not need to wait for a chosen time or to find an animal to kill.

[tgandy]

Lambs were used for a sin sacrifice and also used at Passover.  The sin of the world would appear to be a radical concept in that the people did not fully take in the scope of the world or why one person would be able to accomplish taking away the sins of the world.  One man do all of this?  To them it seemed impossible, but we have the rest of the story.

[JoanG]

Like it was stated in the text, Lambs were used in that time as sacrifice for sin. In the Old Testament times, the priests would take a lamb, lay on it the sins of the people and then sacrifice it.

 

In the book of Leviticus, it states how many animals needed to be sacrificed for what kind of sins took place. I do not think that the Jewish people at that time were able to understand thye concepts of all people being forgiven with the sacrificr of a single animal. It was possibly impossible for them to grasp the true meaning of this.

[lighthouse2014]

Q1. How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29). How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

We know that John's statement of the "Lamb of God" is referring to Jesus as the lamb by Greek word ide - is see here, he is the one "Lamb" who is to take awaythe sins of the world. He is God sent and God owned to blot out our sins by God he providing his own sacrifice for sins.

The Greek word kosmos which translates, of the world, Jesus the Lamb of God is to take away the sins of the whole world. 

[Jen]

Q1. How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29). How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

 

Ex. 29:38

Now this is what you shall offer on the altar; two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.

A lamb was the offer for sacrifice for sin, without blemish, perfect.

Christ covered all sins of all people.  Once and for all.  There is no other sin offering accepted.

 

God Bless!

Jen

Romans 15:13

[Pam B]

John 1:29 references Jesus as the Lamb of God.  He uses the verb Behold, drawing specific attention to Jesus as the Lamb. John, though he was related to Jesus, had not met him beforehand, but recognized him nonetheless..

 

Each Jewish family was to provide an offering for their sins once a year.  This was the recognized and accepted offering, along with the daily offering in the temple by the priests.  Now those who repent of their sins are being offered salvation by the blood of the Lamb.

[smithjeanne]

It was common practice to use lambs as a sacrificial animal not just for Passover but as a general sacrifice offered for the people by the priests in the various feasts at the Temple. I am sure they understood that analogy when John uttered those words.

The concept of global redemption would have caused a stir due to the thought that unclean Gentiles could be redeemed by a Jewish Messiah as well as the children of Abraham.

[Annelle]

Q1. How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice? (John 1:29). How was the comprehensiveness of "sins of the world" so radical a concept?

 

They used lambs for sacrifice in those days and lambs blood was used to mark the lintels over the doors in Egypt.

When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt He told them that He has put them apart to be His people. So for God to want to bless the Gentiles also by paying the price for the "world"s sins was an inconcievable notion.

[Sandy in NZ]

In the context of first century Israel, a lamb was often used as a sacrifice to atone for sins. It had to be an unblemished animal, it had to be killed in the right place (the temple in Jerusalem), in the presence of a priest and its blood and body offered up to God. 

The concept of "for the sin of the world" was very radical because, until then, sacrifices were made for individuals or for the Jewish nation, never for the entire world.

[Taz]

Q1. (John 1:29) How do you know that John the Baptist's statement about the Lamb of God refers to sacrifice?. How was the comprehensiveness of "sin of the world" so radical a concept?

 

In Exodus 12:1-13 we read of the very first "Passover."

 

When GOD, in His infinite mercy gave instructions to Moses and Aaron to put the blood of a lamb, one "without blemish" on the doorposts and the lintels of the houses where it would be eaten. GOD's instructions were for the protection of the Israelites.

"For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I Am the LORD. Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. AND WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD, I WILL PASS OVER YOU; AND THE PLAGUE SHALL NOT BE ON YOU TO DESTROY YOU WHEN I STRIKE THE LAND OF EGYPT." (Exodus 12:12-13)

 

That is GOD's amazing grace!

 

Later GOD would give instructions on the daily offerings that were to be made, one lamb in the morning and one in the evening, continually. The significance of the offerings is that as long as the flesh and blood of those lambs was being offered, GOD would continue to dwell among the children of Israel and the burnt offerings were for the sins committed each day.

 

These offerings were a "type" of the intercession which Christ Jesus lives always to make for those who love Him.

("Who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life" - Hebrews 7:16)

 

And it is for us a lesson that everyday we should humbly offer up to Him not only praise and worship, but total submission to Him.

As Matthew Henry said, "Our daily devotions must be looked upon as the most needful of our daily works and the most pleasant of our daily comforts. Whatever business we have, this must never be omitted, either morning or evening; prayer-time must be kept up as duly as meat-time."

 

For as long as those offerings were being made daily, GOD's provision for the children of Israel continued.

 

In about 539 BC, Daniel prophesied (Daniel 8:11-13) that one day a man would exalt himself "as high as the Price of the host," would take from the temple the daily sacrifices and great suffering would come up the children of Israel.

 

Jewish history tells us in about 175 BC, that the man, Antiochus, who is sometimes referred to as the OT antichrist, the "little horn" (Daniel 8:9) all but destroyed the temple in Jerusalem:

"In the Jews’s Holy Temple, he placed a statue of Zeus — the god he believed was manifest in his own royal being — and sacrificed swine on the altar. He stripped the Temple of its sacred vessels, including the seven-branched golden menorah, and stole the silver and gold coin." (http://www.myjewishlearning.com)

 

John the Baptist was firstborn son of Zacharias a priest and Elizabeth who was in the lineage of Aaron, and he was as well taught in the Jewish faith as any man could have been.

He knew of the first Passover and he knew the significance of the blood of the lamb.

 

John recognized Jesus as LORD, even as Elizabeth his own mother, heard the sound of Mary's voice, he "leaped" in her womb! (Luke 1:39-45)

 

Elizabeth, who was filled with the Holy Spirit was given a glimpse of the most Wonderful gift and she too recognized Him.

She said, "But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my LORD should come to me?"

 

As a mother I remember how rambunctious, especially in the last few weeks, an unborn baby can be. But I have never heard any woman say that her babe "leaped" in her womb!

 

For generations the Israelites had been dealing with their sin by making all sorts of offerings. But never was the sin totally erased, it was just covered from day to day, year to year. Even the annual "Day of Atonement" (Yom Kippur) had to be repeated continually.

But Christ Jesus was the perfect sacrifice, the Lamb of GOD, perfect, spotless, without blemish, without sin. (Hebrews 10:3-5)

And He offered Himself willingly for the sins of the entire cosmos, the world. (Hebrews 7:23-25)

 

John, like most people of that time, may not have fully understood the concept of "the world" but as the Creator of all things Christ Jesus certainly knew!

[Dr. Anish Masih]

The best way to explain something to a person or group is to choose the example they could understand. Why didn't John used the words like 'look, the miracle working Jesus' or 'look, the one who will raise the dead' because non of this will suit the main objective of Jesus coming into this world that is to die for the sin of the world. What the people knew was the sacrifices that they have been doing from generations for the atonement of one's sin, the lamb they have been using for the same reason. 'Lamb' was very well related to the work that Jesus would do for the world. But this lamb was not just taking the sins of one person but it was ONE for ALL. 

[DawnMc13]

We know that John the Baptist’s statement about the Lamb of God referring to sacrifice by understanding the history of the Jews.  Unblemished young lambs were what God mandated to sacrifice on the altar at the temple was how their sins were atoned for.

Lamb of God is often used in the New Testament in reference to Jesus.

Sin and our need for forgiveness for sin is a major theme throughout the entire Bible.  Of the world refers to all mankind of all time.