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Jesus Christ Lamb (5.6-8)

Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. (Revelation 5:6-8)

The Jesus Christ Lamb also has "seven eyes," which stand for the eyes are the Spirits which are dispatched into all the earth. The picture comes from Zechariah. There, the prophet sees the seven lamps which are "the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth." ¹ It's an eerie picture, but quite clearly it stands for the omniscience or all seeing nature of the Jesus Christ Lamb over the entire earth. In an almost crude way, it says that there is no place on earth which is not under God's eye.

Jesus' hand Marks The Jesus Christ Lamb is the fulfillment of all the hopes and dreams of Israel. He is the one whose sacrifice on earth availed for human beings, and who still bears the marks of it in the heavenly places. But the tragedy has turned to triumph and the shame to glory, for he is the one whose all-conquering might none can withstand and whose all-seeing eye none can escape. We see "the majesty and the meekness"² of the Jesus Christ lamb and in the one picture combine the humiliation of his death and the glory of his risen life.

¹ Zechariah 4:10 ² Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917)

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