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No lamb sacrifice was ever punished for sin. Rather, the lamb’s death simply enacted covenantal forgiveness. The animal merely stood between the owner and God, and its shed blood brought covenantal forgiveness. Jesus, the perfect lamb, released perfect forgiveness
Jonathan Welton • Raptureless: Third Edition
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C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
21 On that day one will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22and will eat curds because of the abundance of milk that they give; for everyone that is left in the land shall eat curds and honey.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Atonement means “to cover.” The animal’s death is a temporary covering for their sin.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
When the slaughtered Lamb is seen ‘in the midst of the divine throne in heaven (5:6; cf. 7:17), the meaning is that Christ’s sacrificial death belongs to the way God rules the world. The symbol of the Lamb is no less a divine symbol than the symbol of ‘the One who sits on the throne’.
Richard Bauckham • The Theology of the Book of Revelation (New Testament Theology)
He dies at Eastertime as a sacrifice for the sins of the world.