“Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne.” Revelation 5:6.
A Lamb as though it had been slain. Hearkening back to the Old Testament, in the time of Pharaoh’s rule over God’s children, the Jews of Egypt, we see the establishment of the long held Passover feast. As most Christians can tell you, this foreshadowed the sacrifice of Calvary. As we go through the Holy Writ of Exodus, we find in chapter 12 the tradition of Passover. To ensure the safety of all the children, specifically the firstborns, we understood that a price of blood had to be paid. Lambs blood was used, having been smeared on the door-posts of each home. As we read further, we see that this was not all that was to be done to save the children. Had anyone smeared the lamb’s blood and foregone the consumption of the unblemished sacrificial lamb, many would have awoken to a morning filled with grief over deceased firstborn sons.
