The Gospel According To John

by Richard St.James

Behold the Lamb of God!

John 1:29 "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!"

The first mention of God providing a lamb for a burnt offering in atonement for sin is on Mount Moriah. In Genesis 22:7-8: Issac asked his father Abraham, where is the lamb for the burnt offering? “And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.” [THE FIRST ADVENT FORETOLD] “And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.” [Genesis 22:9-14] Jehovahjireh: God will provide himself a lamb!

Zoom ahead in time! One lamb out of the flock, of the fat pastures of Israel, in a future theocratic Kingdom of Heaven [THE SECOND ADVENT] will be for a meat offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them according to the prophecy given in the book of Ezekiel. It will happen, friend. The BOOK says it will.

In the millennial kingdom [one thousand years] [THE MILLENNIUM] … in the times of regeneration the earth will see the return of Jewish temple offerings. [Ezekiel 45:15] “And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.”

Israel will be made to remember their failure to recognize The Lamb of God when he came the first time to this earth [THE FIRST ADVENT]. Are you ready? Behold the Lamb of God! Behold the Lamb of God!!! Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Israel will once again offer up sacrifices in a one thousand year kingdom … in remembrance of “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

They will proclaim from their lips with their voice: Behold the Lamb of God!, after they look upon him whom they have pierced. The proof text is found in Zechariah 12:10. “And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”

Ah yes, they all [Israel] will mourn for him in the future, as we all [Gentiles] should be drawn to him [Jesus Christ] now. Whether then, or now, Jesus Christ draws all men, women and children to himself. “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” [John 12:32]

For those who reject the SON during the Great Tribulation soon coming to this earth, there will be a reward! A reward they’d wish they never received. [It would have been better for them to have kissed the SON, and put their trust in him.] “Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” [Psalm 2:12]

Now, here is the [soon coming] scene in Revelation 14:9-10 where the unbelievers in this world get their just reward … in the presence of THE LAMB. “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.”

That is not all! Just as there was a group of men who gathered with David to the cave Adullam in 1 Samuel 22:1, [“David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.”], there is a group that has been gathering to Jesus Christ throughout this age, [THE CHURCH AGE]. “And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, [Lamb] saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.” [Rev 15:3]

So there we have it:

1. A plea! If you are not saved: Behold the Lamb of God! “We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)” [2 Corinthians 6:1-2]

2. If you are saved: Behold the Lamb of God! Revel in his presence.

3. If you refuse to come to him to be saved, then some time in the near future, you will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the very presence of the LAMB.

a. [In The Presence of]: Tormented

b. Then [From: The Presence of] Forever in HELL FIRE! “Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;” [2 Thessalonians 1:9]

4. If you are saved, then a day will come that you will witness a mighty throng singing the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.” This will be in the presence of the LORD. [1 Thessalonians 2:19] [In The Presence of] “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?”

This is that John who bore this witness: “This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.” [This is John acknowledging that Jesus Christ is GOD.] This then, is John the Baptist testifying that Jesus Christ is the LAMB of God, who was to come into the world. Read it again, in verse 36: “And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!” Behold the Lamb of God! Jehovahjireh! Amen! Amen! Amen!

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The Gospel According To John

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it
not.

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

John 1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

John 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

John 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

John 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

John 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

John 1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

John 1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

John 1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer
to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

John 1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

John 1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

John 1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

John 1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

John 1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

John 1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

John 1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

John 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

John 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and
remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

John 1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

John 1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

John 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

John 1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

John 1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

John 1:39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

John 1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

John 1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by
interpretation, A stone.

John 1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

John 1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

John 1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

John 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the
fig tree, I saw thee.

John 1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

John 1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than
these.

John 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon
the Son of man.