Gospel of John
The Lamb of God
God provided a covering for Adam and Eve after they sinned -- shed blood (Genesis 3:21).
Abraham told Isaac God would provide a lamb (Genesis 22:8).
The lamb of the passover (Exodus 12:3, 5-7, 12-14).
Christ is the final Passover Lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7).
The sacrificial lamb had to be perfect (Leviticus 22:17-24).
Christ as God's Lamb was without blemish -- perfect (2 Corinthians 5:21).
The blood of the sacrificial lamb was a covering for sin (Leviticus 17:11).
Christ's shed blood provides propitiation for sin.
(Romans 3:24-25): Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
(1 John 2:1-2) My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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