There is so much in the bible about the Lamb of God and for us believers its important to know who the Lamb of God is and why He came. Also why He needed to shed his blood.
So why a lamb? I'm a bit annoyed that I cannot find my thread because thought it best to start at the beginning at Genesis.
That ball of wool must have rolled away somewhere...I have been searching up and down TJ for it! It is like the one that went astray..?!
Anyway so in Genesis 4, Adam and Eve sin and find they are naked, and given their punishement yet God has mercy on them and clothes them. It says he clothed them with skins but where did He get the skin from. Was it snakeskin?
Lets go to Genesis 5 where we read Eve gives birth to two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel are given different jobs...Cain to till the ground and Abel to keep sheep. Why sheep?
I could tell you all about sheep as my country is covered in them! They are used for both meat and wool, ie, food and clothing. But I would think that adam and eve were not eating meat back then. So it would have been Abel was keeping them for their wool. Remember they needed clothes!!
Anyway please join in if you interested in hearing about the Lamb of God as Jesus said my sheep listen to my voice, another they will not listen.
Sorry thats Genesis 4.
Abel and Cain work hard and its time to offer the fruits of their labour to God, so Abel offers the firstlings of his flock and the fat up to Him and Cain offers his fruits from the ground.
Question, why the fat?
Another question, why is God pleased with Abels offering and not Cains?
So why a lamb? I'm a bit annoyed that I cannot find my thread because thought it best to start at the beginning at Genesis.
That ball of wool must have rolled away somewhere...I have been searching up and down TJ for it! It is like the one that went astray..?!
Anyway so in Genesis 4, Adam and Eve sin and find they are naked, and given their punishement yet God has mercy on them and clothes them. It says he clothed them with skins but where did He get the skin from. Was it snakeskin?
Lets go to Genesis 5 where we read Eve gives birth to two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel are given different jobs...Cain to till the ground and Abel to keep sheep. Why sheep?
I could tell you all about sheep as my country is covered in them! They are used for both meat and wool, ie, food and clothing. But I would think that adam and eve were not eating meat back then. So it would have been Abel was keeping them for their wool. Remember they needed clothes!!
Anyway please join in if you interested in hearing about the Lamb of God as Jesus said my sheep listen to my voice, another they will not listen.
Sorry thats Genesis 4.
Abel and Cain work hard and its time to offer the fruits of their labour to God, so Abel offers the firstlings of his flock and the fat up to Him and Cain offers his fruits from the ground.
Question, why the fat?
Another question, why is God pleased with Abels offering and not Cains?
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