- Someone right now is on the verge of collapse and defeat.
- Someone is on the verge of failure…
- Someone reading this is about to break up and give up and quit…
In this Awesome Season of the Resurrection….
I’ve got good news for you… if you are one of these “someones” God directed you to this very message… Jesus Christ is able to reach down into the darkest and deepest need of your life right now and remedy your situation… whatever it may be.
Nothing is ever too “broke” for God to fix.
Don’t you even think about giving up because Jesus Christ, the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world… is Worthy and Able right now to pull you into His Presence and Bless you with deliverance!
In the Book of Revelation, John looked into heaven he saw all of heaven crying out “Worthy is the Lamb!” Let me tell you about the Lamb of God.
Let me tell you about Jesus.
Who Is This Lamb of God?
Who is this man who all of heaven bowed down before and declared to be Worthy? Who is He? Why has He made such an impact on the human race? How has He shifted the entire course of history? Just what kind of a Man is this Man they called the Carpenters’ Son? What kind of man is this who spoke and all of creation’s ears heard and heeded His voice?
Who is this Lamb of God? Who is this Lion of the Tribe of Judah? Who is this Root of David? Who is this Person to Whom all the inhabitants of heaven bow down and with praise-filled voices cry out: “Worthy is the Lamb… Worthy is the Lamb…Worthy is the Lamb…?”
Who is this Lamb of God?
Jesus said “I am the Bread of Life.”
Do you know what bread does? Bread fills us up. Bread satisfies. Bread keeps us alive. Bread nourishes our physical body. Jesus is Heaven’s Bread sent from God to nourish us and keep us alive. Jesus said “I am the Bread of Life.”
Then in John chapter 8 Jesus said “I am the Light of the world.”
What does light do? Light reveals and illuminates… light guides and shows the way. What does Jesus do? He reveals the character and nature of God to us. He illuminates our way by the anointed spoken Word of God. He guides us by His Presence. He shows us the pitfalls of life. He protects us from the snare of the enemy. Worthy is the Lamb!
Who did Jesus say He was? In John 10 He said “I am the Door.”
What does a door do? A door allows us to go in and get out that’s what a door does. And do you know what Jesus meant when He said I am the door? He meant that “ by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” Jesus Christ is the Door. He is our access into the very presence of God. Are you locked in and want to get out? Jesus is the Door. Are you locked out and want to get in? Jesus is the Door. He is our High Priest. He is our representative in Heaven. Worthy is the Lamb!
In John chapter 10 He said “I am the Good Shepherd.”
What does a good shepherd do? A good shepherd takes care of his flock. He makes certain that they are in the fold and out of harm’s way at night; He is certain of their number. He is certain of their safety. He knows where they are and He takes care of all their needs. He never leaves them. He never forsakes them. He cares for them and keeps them secure and safe. Do you need Someone to Care for you and to Protect you and to Love you? Do you need Assurance? Jesus is the Good Shepherd.
In John chapter 11 He said: “I am the Resurrection and the Life” and John chapter 15 He said: “I am the True Vine, If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”
Jesus gives us Resurrection Life. Not just ordinary life, but supernatural life. Resurrection life is the God Kind of life. It is not psuche but it is Zoe. It is the same kind and quality of life that God has.
As we “abide in Him” or take up our residence in Him and live in His Word, then He says we can ask what we will and it shall be done unto us. Abiding in Him assures us of asking for the right things. And when we ask for the right things the right way, God gives us what we ask for.
The world saw Jesus as a baby wrapped in rags that were used to bind up dead bodies lying in a dirty smelly barn. But I see Him as King of Kings and Lord of lords.
The world saw Him as a carpenter’s Son Who would never amount to anything. But I see Him as the Living Son of the Living God.
The world saw Him as a defeated Loser hanging lifeless on a cruel criminal’s cross. But I see Him as the Living Victor over death hell and the grave.
Worthy is the Lamb!
The heart of Old Testament Scripture is Messianic in purpose. There’s hardly a chapter anywhere from Genesis to Malachi that does not give us a glimpse of Jesus. Jesus is like a scarlet thread woven into the fabric of every page of the Old Testament. And that tapestry comes to a full and complete revelation when we get to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
He was foreshadowed in the Garden of Eden shortly after Adam’s miserable fall when God spoke to the serpent and said;
“I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise His heel.”
This is a direct Messianic Promise declaring that there would be One coming Whose heel would crush the serpents’ head. In turn the heel of that Coming One would be wounded and bruised by the serpent.
He was clearly seen by the prophets in the Old Testament. They did not know Him in the flesh but they knew Him by the miracle of divine revelation. Every prophet of God in the Old Testament had a glimpse of the coming Messiah. In Isaiah chapter 7, the prophet wrote;
“A virgin shall conceive and bear a son and call His name Immanuel”
That Name means “God with us.” In Isaiah chapter 9 and verse 6 the same prophet by divine revelation foresaw Jesus and said;
“His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.”
In Isaiah Chapter 53, which was written nearly 800 years before Jesus was born, is the wonderful chapter portraying Jesus as the suffering Servant.
“He was wounded for our transgressions He was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His stripes we are healed….”
All through the Old Testament there are glimpses and foreshadows of the coming Messiah. David, Israel’s great singer, sung in Paslms about Him before He was born.
“The Lord is shepherd I shall not want He maketh me to lie down in green pastures He leads beside the still waters He restoreth my soul…”
We find Jesus in every book on every page in practically every verse and every word; the Old Testament is an arrow pointing unerringly to the coming time when all the world would recognize…
Worthy is the Lamb! Hallelujah.
He is pictured in many ways in the Old Testament.
He’s pictured as Noah’s ark because Noah’s ark was God’s provision to keep safe a faithful few who believed in the word of God. The Ark was God’s miraculous provision for safety and deliverance for the believing family of Noah, the builder of the ark.
When the rains came and the judgement of God fell, those huddled in the safety of the ark were spared. They inherited a New World. A Fresh World. A Purged World. This typifies the Redemptive Work of Jesus Christ in the Grand Plan of Father God. The Ark of Safety is a type of the One Who is Worthy.
He’s pictured as the Passover Lamb. When the Hebrews were held in the grip of Egyptian bondage, they prayed for God to look upon their affliction and deliver them. And God heard their prayer. One by one the plagues were sent and finally Pharaoh let the people go… but not before the Passover was perfected.
I see the father in the Hebrew household as he goes out and slays that little sinless Paschal lamb. I see him as he takes the blood and catches it in a basin and takes a branch of hyssop and dips it in the blood and then goes to his house and strikes the blood across the top of the door and on each door post. I see him as he goes in his dwelling knowing that God said;
“when I see the blood I will pass over you… When I see the blood I will pass over you.”
This Passover Lamb is a type of Jesus Christ.
He is personified and pictured in the construction and furnishings of Old Testament tabernacle.
He is pictured as the promised Son of hundred-year-old Abraham and ninety-year-old Sarah.
I see Jesus typified in the House of Israel and the intricate sacrificial system of the Jews.
Can’t you see how God has moved heaven and earth since Creation so that we can know…
Worthy is the Lamb!
Where is your heart today? What is your attention set upon? Where is your life headed? Is it to know and proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord of All? Is it to know that He and He alone is Worthy? All other things in this life are secondary to the central fact that Jesus Christ is Lord of All!
Who is He? Who is this Jesus?
Let me tell you Who He is… He is God in the Flesh. He is Very God Who condescended and took on human form and human flesh. He is God clothed in humanity. He is God wearing a flesh suit. Philippians 2:7 declares that He made Himself of no reputation… that is, He laid down (took off) His deity and put on humanity. He vacated His God Form and God Power and God authority and then left heaven that he might walk on and in this earth and redeem us from the curse of Adam’s disobedience.
He became Man in order to redeem man from spiritual and eternal death. Deity put on humanity so that humanity could put on Deity and walk in forgiveness and divine healing and health and total deliverance from every power of the devil. Worthy is the Lamb!
Where are you today? Do you know that Jesus is Worthy? Today, all humanity needs to bow at the feet of a Risen Ascended and Glorified Lord. This is the hour when we should recognize that we are the visible, tangible body of Christ on earth and we are to carry out the Commission that He gave by going throughout the earth and preaching and teaching and baptizing in His Name… by telling the world:
Worthy is the Lamb!
(Next Blog: What Does He Do?)
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