“… Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” – John 1:29

 It is not enough to have a theoretical understanding of God’s redemption through Jesus and how He came to fulfill the Old Testament system of sacrifices as the Paschal Lamb – as important as that information may be.

No, it is of greatest importance that we behold Him.

Some translate the word, “Look,” but the meaning is the same. We must linger over the vision of Jesus and stare into His eyes. We must be captivated by His presence so that to even blink we would disrupt the flow of His radiance into our souls. We must drink deeply of His beauty that transcends human comeliness.

We must experience Him in all His glory and behold Him.

In Jesus Christ, the Living Word, we have beheld the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. God has allowed us to glimpse Himself and touch His own incarnate flesh. Why wouldn’t we stop everything else we might be doing and bathe in the wonder of a moment of Lamb of God?

Oh Lamb of God

Upon whose sinless shoulders

All sin has pressed down its awful weight,

We pause amidst the frivolous trivialities of our lives

To behold You

In a manger, on the cross, ascending to Your throne

Coming once again in glory

Amen.