John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus as the “Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world”. Isaiah saw Him as a “lamb led to slaughter” who never opened His mouth in protest (Isaiah 53:7). In The Revelation of Jesus Christ, John on Patmos sees the Lion of the tribe of Judah triumphing, not as a Lion but as a Lamb; the Lamb is seen as having been slaughtered with a cut throat, but yet, “standing”, very much alive, before the throne of God (Revelation 5:5-6). In the end we must give up our fascination with the Lion and his great “king of the beast” ways. In fact, Jesus, by teaching and example triumphed not as a lion but as a lamb. Our hunger for power is a betrayal of the Lamb we worship; and if we really do worship Him we will take up His methods. Isaiah has a vision of the lion and lamb lying down together in the new creation (11:6-9); this happens when the lion lays down lion ways and takes up lamb ways. Follow the Lamb.
