Behold the Lamb

From: Echoes of Grace: 1939

• 1 min. read • grade level: 10

Behold the Lamb for sinners slain,
To cleans them from each guilty stain
His precious blood was shed;
He took their place upon the tree,
Made sin for sinners there to be,
To set the guilty captives free
By dying in their stead.

He lay beneath that righteous stroke,
O'er Him the waves and billows broke,
He bowed His head and died;
God there forsook His only Son,
That holy, true, obedient One!
By whom alone His will was done,
When He was crucified.

Behold Him now upon the throne,
The source of life and peace alone,
No longer in the grave;
Dispensing blessing full and free
To such as lost and ruined be.
O sinner, there for refuge flee!
Whilst yet He's free to save.

Soon He will rise and close the door,
Glad tidings then thou'lt hear no more,
The day of grace be past;
Then such as would not bow the knee,
Unto the rocks and dens shall flee,
Thus hidden from His eye to be,
Who comes as Judge at last.

"The Lord... is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:10¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10).

"IT IS THE BLOOD
THAT MAKETH
AN ATONEMENT
FOR THE SOUL."
Lev. 17:11¹¹For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. (Leviticus 17:11).

"THE BLOOD
OF JESUS CHRIST,
HIS SON,
CLEANSETH US
FROM ALL SIN."
1 John 1:7⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).

"REDEEMED...
WITH THE PRECIOUS
BLOOD OF CHRIST."
1 Peter 1:17, 18¹⁷And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: ¹⁸Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; (1 Peter 1:17‑18)

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