Jesus Revealed – The Lamb As Slain

(Revelation 5:6, 9, 12)

Brethren, behold the vision that shook heaven itself – John saw “a Lamb as it had been slain” standing in the midst of the throne. The marks of slaughter were still upon Him, yet He lived. What a sight! The wounds that once bled for our sins now shine as emblems of victory. The Lamb slain – yet standing. Dead – yet alive forevermore. The blood that once stained the cross now crowns the throne.

Friends, this is no small image. It is the golden thread that weaves through all of Scripture. From Genesis to Revelation, every altar whispers His name, every sacrifice points to His death, and every drop of blood foretells His redemption.

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The Suffering Servant – Isaiah 53:5–12

Isaiah looked ahead and saw Him. “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities.” Centuries before Bethlehem’s star, the prophet painted Calvary’s shadow. Like a lamb led to the slaughter, He opened not His mouth. Silent before His accusers, submissive to the Father’s will.

And what was the purpose of such suffering? To “make His soul an offering for sin.” The cross was no accident. It was the altar. The Lamb was not taken; He was offered. And the result? “He shall see of the travail of His soul and shall be satisfied.”

O my soul, do you see it? The Servant who died is the Savior who justifies. He bore sin willingly, not grudgingly. He took the punishment that was ours and turned it into peace. No wonder Philip, in Acts 8:32–35, preached Jesus from this very passage. Peter echoed it too: “Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree.” The Lamb slain has become the Shepherd of our souls.

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The Pierced One – John 19:34–37

Picture it: the spear thrust into His side, and out flowed blood and water. John trembled as he wrote, “These things were done that the scripture should be fulfilled.” Fulfilled! God never forgets His Word. Zechariah 12:10 had said, “They shall look upon Me whom they have pierced.”

Blood and water. Cleansing and life. From His wounded side flowed the symbols of both. Just as the Passover lamb’s blood once shielded Israel from judgment, so now the Lamb of God shields believers with His redeeming mark. Not one bone was broken – Exodus 12:46 had demanded that of the Passover lamb, and Psalm 34:20 had promised, “He keepeth all His bones: not one of them is broken.”

Every detail cries out, This is the Lamb! His sacrifice was perfect, His purity unblemished. Hebrews 9:14 declares that His blood can “purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” Tell me, friend, has that blood touched your heart?

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Christ Our Passover – 1 Corinthians 5:7

Paul makes it plain: “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.” The lamb that saved Israel’s firstborn from death was only a picture of the One to come. When judgment passed through Egypt, the blood on the doorposts declared, “This house is covered.” So too, when God sees the blood of Christ, His wrath passes over us.

Exodus 12:11–14 told them to eat in haste, ready to move – because salvation demands response. John 1:29 echoes across time: “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” Peter calls His blood “precious,” like that of a lamb without blemish and without spot (1 Peter 1:18–20). And Revelation 13:8 reminds us this Lamb was “slain from the foundation of the world.”

Friends, before Adam ever sinned, the Lamb was foreordained. Before sin ever stained the world, redemption was already written. Hebrews 10:10–14 tells us that by one offering He has perfected forever them that are sanctified. What Egypt saw in shadow, Calvary fulfilled in substance.

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Old Testament Foreshadows

The pattern was set long ago. When Isaac asked, “Where is the lamb?” Abraham replied with prophetic precision: “God will provide Himself a lamb” (Genesis 22:7–8). And He did. In the daily sacrifices – Exodus 29:38–42, Numbers 28:3–4 – two lambs each day, morning and evening, spoke of constant atonement.

On the Day of Atonement, Leviticus 16:15 commanded that the blood be brought within the veil, a foreshadow of Christ entering heaven “by His own blood” (Hebrews 9:12). Even Daniel 9:26 saw the coming tragedy: “Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself.”

All these sacrifices were like shadows cast by a greater light – the Light that was to come. Each slain lamb cried, “He is coming.” Each drop of blood whispered, “It is not finished yet.” Until the day when the true Lamb came and declared, “It is finished.”

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New Testament Fulfillment

Then came the reality. Hebrews 9:22–28 declares, “Without shedding of blood is no remission.” Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. 1 John 1:7 tells us, “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” All sin – past, present, future. What a fountain!

Ephesians 1:7 rejoices, “In Him we have redemption through His blood.” Revelation 7:14 says the saints “washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” And finally, Revelation 12:11 proclaims the victory cry of the redeemed: “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.”

O my friends, this is no dead religion. This is living redemption. The slain Lamb still speaks. The blood still cleanses. The victory still holds.

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Summary Thought

Every altar, every lamb, every sacrifice, every priest, every drop of blood – all pointed to one cross, one Christ, one covenant. And now, in heaven’s highest court, He stands – a Lamb slain yet alive, scarred yet sovereign, weeping no more but reigning forever.

He was the Lamb slain, but He is also the Lion who reigns. The cross did not end His story; it completed it.

So I ask you, brethren – has the blood of the Lamb marked your heart? Have you looked upon the One who was pierced for you? Because one day every creature in heaven and on earth will join the song:

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.”

And that song will never end.