GOD’S WORD FOR SEPTEMBER 18 ~ ~ Revelation:14:2 ~ ~ and I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder.”

From the book, “We Shall See God”

“Behold the Lamb”—part 1

Spurgeon:

Why should Christ in heaven choose to appear as the figure of a lamb and not in some other of His glorious characters? Because it was as a lamb that Jesus fought and conquered, and therefore it is as a lamb He appears in heaven.

I have read of certain military commanders, when they were conquerors, that on the anniversary of their victory they would never wear anything but the garment in which they fought. On that memorable day they say, “No, take away the robes. I will wear no other outfit but that in which I fought and conquered.”

It seems as if the same feeling possessed the thoughts of Christ, “As a lamb,” says He, “I died and defeated hell. As a lamb I have redeemed My people, and therefore as a lamb I will appear in Paradise.”

But perhaps there is another reason: it is to encourage us to come to Him in prayer. Ah, believer, we need not be afraid to come to Christ, for He is a lamb. To a Lion-Christ we need fear to come, but the Lamb? Ah, let us come boldly to the throne of the heavenly grace, seeing that the Lamb sits upon it.

And you will further notice that this Lamb is said to stand. Standing is the posture of triumph. The Father said to Christ, “Sit at My right hand, until I put Your enemies under Your feet.” (Mark 12:36). it is done; they are His footstool. And here He is said to stand erect, like a victor over all His enemies.

Many a time the Savior knelt in prayer, and once He hung upon the cross. But when the great scene of our text shall be fully accomplished, He shall stand erect, as more than conqueror, through His own majestic might. “I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion, stood the Lamb” (Revelation 14:1). Oh, if we could split the veil—if now we were privileged to see within it—there is no sight that would so enthrall us as the simple sight of the Lamb on the throne. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, would it not be all the sight you would ever wish to see if you could once behold him whom your soul loves? Would it not be a heaven to you if it were carried out in your experience—”My eyes shall behold Him and not another” (Job 19:27)? Would you want anything else to make you happy but continually to see Him?

If a single glimpse of Him on earth affords you profound delight, it must be, indeed, a very sea of bliss and an abyss of paradise, without a bottom or a shore, to see Him as He is—to be lost in his splendors, as the stars are lost in the sunlight, and to hold fellowship with Him, as did John the beloved, when he leaned his head upon His bosom. And this shall be your lot: to see the Lamb in the midst of the throne.

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1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Revelation 7:17

for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation 15:3

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!

Revelation 19:9

Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”

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