Saturday, March 30, 2013

It's Not About the Bunny...

Revelation 5:6,8,9 - Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne…the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb...And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.

but it is about the Lamb, the Lamb that was slain. This Lamb had a name. His name is Jesus.

I saw something come across my Facebook page which said: It's Not About the Bunny.

There is an even greater "but" to go along with this.  But God...raised Jesus on the third day and He lives forever more, that mere man might know Him. No man could keep this Man down. The sins of all people past, present and future were nailed to the cross from which Jesus hung. There was no ooey-gooey chocolate or pastel-colored marshmallow bunny hanging there, no eggs to color and hunt for, no Easter baskets, only the most dreadful sight of an innocent Man who humbled Himself and gladly died for our sins.

Jesus is no longer on the cross or in the tomb but He has risen and He is alive and seeking those who will follow Him even today. He is risen and through His power He makes Himself known to mankind, waiting for yet another person to receive Him as their Lord and Savior.

Even in the Old Testament we hear of reports of raising on the third day. Jonah was in the belly of a large fish for three days and then spewed out to take a reluctant prophetic word of repentance to the rebellious people of Ninevah: Salvation comes from the Lord; Hosea spoke of the people of Israel, God's people, who should return to the LORD that He might heal them: After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will restore us, that we may live in His presence. And everyone knows the story of Lazarus whom Jesus Himself raised from the dead on the third day. All these are pictures of Jesus being raised, that rebellious people might repent so He could bring salvation and spiritual healing to all people and remove the nasty sin-covered grave cloths from our bodies…so we might live in His presence.

He was the Lamb that was slain for each one of us. He bore all our sins. It was His passion to do this. He died willingly for each of us, as sinful as we are. Those who have received Him are no longer seen by the Father as unrighteous, unholy sinners but as righteous and holy through the eyes of Jesus. Jesus' blood that was shed as the slain Lamb has covered our sins and weaknesses, healed our spiritual bodies and has given us a resurrected life as well.

Hallelujah to the Lamb. Only He is worthy of all our praises. One day every knee will bow and tongue confess Jesus as Lord.

Revelation 5:13 - Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!"

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