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Opemipo
Mar 14, 2010, 02:30 AM
My teacher ask me that, why did Jesus call himself the lamb of god
ROLCAM
Mar 14, 2010, 04:20 AM
That the Paschal Lamb prefigured symbolically Christ, "the Lamb of God ", who redeemed the world by the shedding of His blood, and particularly the Eucharistic banquet, or new Passover, has always remained the constant belief of Christian tradition.
That the Paschal Lamb prefigured symbolically Christ, "the Lamb of God ", who redeemed the world by the shedding of His blood, and particularly the Eucharistic banquet, or new Passover, has always remained the constant belief of Christian tradition.
ROLCAM
Mar 14, 2010, 04:23 AM
Opemipo,
Please see:-
Paschal Lamb - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online (http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=6796)
arcura
Mar 14, 2010, 10:38 PM
Rolcam,
Very good answers.
It all goes back to the sacrificial lamb of the first Passover in Egypt.
Peace and kindness,
Fred
Maggie 3
Mar 15, 2010, 08:40 PM
The bible states, "We have been sancitified though the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all." It is His physical death in obedience
to the will of the Father that sanctifies us. Jesus' humanity, which knew no sin, tasted the horror of the sin of all humanity. He was offered as a sacrificial lamb before God to pay the price for all our sins.
Maggie 3
arcura
Mar 15, 2010, 09:06 PM
Maggie 3
They won't let me agree with you with comments of this post.
So I must do so here.
Peace and kindness,
Fred
Dan54
Nov 13, 2010, 04:00 AM
Jesus himself, never said he was the lamb of God. John the Baptist referred to him as such in John 1:29 & 36.