If the weather in March came in like a lion, it would go out like a lamb.

Last month's article started in talking about the old saying that if the weather in March came in like a lion, it would go out like a lamb. And vice versa. Certainly, since I moved from Michigan to New Jersey I've noticed that many of the really big snow storms here happened in March. Now that March is over, I'm still not sure if the Lion/Lamb thing happened either way 'round, March seemed pretty benign from start to finish. But more important—and predictable—than the weather is Jesus and how we understand and have relationship with him. That's why last month we looked at Jesus as the Lion. But since Jesus is God, we should expect Him to be multi-faceted, so Jesus was/is also referred to as the Lamb. Repeatedly in Revelation and as the Lamb of God in John's gospel. The names of Jesus used in Scripture help us understand more about Jesus so, this month, being the month we celebrate Easter, let's look at Jesus as the Lamb.
Lambs were well-known by people of Jesus' earthly time and place. Sheep were important as a source for wool for clothing, food and lambs, particularly & importantly as a sacrifice for sin. Animal sacrifices are shown & discussed throughout the Old Testament. Why? Sin. Since before The Fall, the cost of sin is life itself, and the basic thing of life is blood. Blood offerings show that sin is THE serious offense and that sin costs life because sin keeps us out of the presence of God—i.e. Life. So blood offerings acted as a temporary covering for sin. In Leviticus 4: 35, you get a clear picture of the workings. “..Through this process, the priest will  purify  the people from their sin, making them right with the Lord,  and they will be  forgiven.” The sacrificial lamb at Passover is the most vital meaning of the lamb. The symbolism behind this meal is pretty straightforward: God saved us from slavery by sending His Son as our Savior (the sacrificial lamb); now, He wants us all to be delivered from sin and death together through Him
John's Gospel refers to Jesus as the”Lamb of God.” InJohn 1: 29, John the Baptist saw Jesus and exclaimed, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” He used the moniker again in verse 36 because John the Baptist recognized Jesus for who He was/is. Why? Because God did what was impossible under the Law of Moses. Unlike a cute little lamb, Jesus' sacrifice lasts forever.
As1 Peter 1: 18-21 tells us, Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was the price He paid to release us from our sins. NOT because we are basically good, because an honest look at the world quickly shows us that those who virtue-signal most aren't so virtuous. Just preachy. No, it's because Jesus—the Lamb of God--willingly sacrificed Himself for our redemption. Ephesians 2: 5 tells us, “it is by grace you have been saved.”
We no longer have to live under the slavery of sin because of the blood of the Lamb of God. Pastor Geoff                                                        Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them,“We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified.  On the third day he will be raised to life!”    Matthew 20:17-19                                

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” Then they remembered his words.
When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. Luke 24:1-12