The Old Testament Lamb had no choice.
The New Testament Lamb chose.
Hebrews 2: 5-18
I don't know if you are like me but sometimes I think Christ skated through the crucifixion and resurrection. I mean He was God and knew how things would turn out. But how does that relate to Christ's humanness? In order to be fully man He had to experience all we experiences that includes: anxiety, fear, apprehension and just not knowing what awaited. I'm not a theologian but if He was to truly experience all of the human condition, He would certainly have had to experience all our maladies. (Hebrews 5:2)
We as humans are like the Old Testament lambs. We are herded around by this life having no clue what’s around the next corner. Our lives are completely reactionary. We are offered up on the altar of this age, our lives a living sacrifice to the gods of the age.
Christ by humbling himself and becoming human (Phil 2:8) offered us the opportunity to become a New Testament Lamb. (Romans 12:1) Through the new birth, we can now choose to offer ourselves or not, just as Christ, the sacrifice, chose to offer himself for the redemption of all. (John 10: 16-18)
Now instead of being reactionary we become sacrificial. Our reactions are no longer focused on our plight but on the plight of others. Our focus is no longer strictly fixated on our condition in this world, our focus is becoming more and more on His Kingdom.
As Christ, we become less and less attached to this world, our faith and obedience grows and so does our peace. We lose the anxiety, fear and apprehension that made us unwitting sheep of the slaughter and are now, as Christ is, a sacrifice that offers itself.
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