The Lamb without blemish and without spot

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4)            We did not receive redemption from corruptible objects like silver and gold, “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” (1Peter 1:19). Does it not take an Entity of absolute perfection to say to His disciples, “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5)?

Jesus is so perfect Satan found not a smidgeon of sin in the LORD from heaven. John 14:30, “Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”

Is God perfect? Is the LORD God omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent? In this John 10:30 verse lies the perfection of Jesus, “I and my Father are one.” Every word of this verse adverts the Divinity of Jesus. Put ‘I’ and ‘are’ together and that is egō (eg-o’) esmen (es-men’) which is not, in any way, different from egō eimi (i-mee’) which happens to be the exact name I AM or Yahweh. Jesus could not use eimi simply because the conjunction ‘and’ which is kai (kahee): is ‘a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force;’ esmen the plural of eimi must be used to place the Father beside the Son as divinely equal. Where is the Divine equality? Let us take a good look at the last word, ‘one’; it is the Greek heis (hice), a neuter, is contextually defined as ‘essence.’ So, heis tells me unequivocally that if the Father flexes in His Omnipotence, the Son is equally Omnipotent. Heis of John 10:30 absolutely asseverates that the Father and the Son are equally omniscient and omnipresent.

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending.”

Quoting Jesus, John wrote, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8). The word ‘which’, in all its inflections ho hē to (ho) is: definite article ‘the’. In buttressing His epithetical ‘I Am (Jehovah) Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending’ He calls Himself, “The Is (Creator of Adam and Eve and Whose zōē is the Light of all men), and the Was (Being Whose goings forth has been from of eternity past), and the Is To Come (by Whose power eternity to come is possible).” If this epithet fails to reveal the true Divinity of Jesus Christ, nothing will, especially when He concludes by addressing Himself as, “Almighty”.

Check the entire words of the Scriptures and you will find out that each of the epithetic ‘Almighty’ showing up in all the fifty-seven times is in reference to God, the Creator. The first of its Pentateuch documentation is in Genesis 17:1 “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.” This epithet shows more in the Book of Job than other Books but the last time of its appearance is in Revelation 21:22 “And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.” The Hebraic ‘Almighty’ is shadday (shad-dah’-ee): ‘most powerful, an epith. of Jehovah; sometimes with אֵל (El) prefixed.’

The Greek renders ‘Almighty’ as pantokratōr (pan-tok-rat’-ore): ‘He who holds sway over all things, that is, God (as absolute and universal sovereign).’ This is what God told Moses, “And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them” (Exodus 6:3). When those of us, Bible teachers, call the Christ “Jehovah Jesus,” we know what we are talking about. It was of paramount need for Peter to sink in the boisterousness of the sea if he should represent the Adamic intelligence. Adam was in full control of the world when he was made, just as Peter was in control of gravity when Jesus called him to do the miraculous walk on water. Adam fell. God, his Creator, saved him by sacrificing the lamb that pointed to Jesus. Realizing an imminent death, Peter cried, “Lord, save me!” proving that Jesus is the Messiah. The phenomenality of the story concluded with, “And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased” (Matthew 14:32). Who were the ‘they’ of this verse? Jesus and Peter, that is, the Redeemer and the redeemed. Jesus did not walk on water just for the fun of it. Amen!

Get born again by saying this simple prayer.

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!”

(Concluded)

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