I do “deck the halls” at my house. This includes Christmas bedding, my daughters’ nutcracker collections, bathroom decor, and a number of Christmas trees. This may not be your thing but this has become tradition in our home and a way to remember as we celebrate.
The tree in the living room holds ornaments that remind me of many dear folk and many prayer requests through the years. My gentle sister-in-law Marcella sends us a White House ornament every year; so we pray for our governing authorities. Bible students through the years have provided many of the ornaments; so we pray for our homes. My prayer partner Susan P. has given us gorgeous glass reminders of the manger, the cross, His name; so we prayerfully worship. I have my family pictures through the years in ornaments; so I give thanks. Remembrance is good, even if bittersweet.
This year I was given an ornament with a simple sketch of a lamb. The person who gave me the ornament is dear with a tender heart for all. So I consider The Lamb:
Genesis 22:8 Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.”
Exodus 12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.”
2 Chronicles 30:17 For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves; therefore, the Levites were over the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the Lord.
Ezra 7:17 …with this money, therefore, you shall diligently buy bulls, rams and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings and offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
John 1:29 The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36 …and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
Revelation 5:6 And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
Revelation 6:9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;
Revelation 7:17 …for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
Revelation 15:3 And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!
Revelation 19:9 Then he *said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “These are true words of God.”
Revelation 21:23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Revelation 22:1 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb…
Revelation 22:3 There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, …
The Lamb is the Anticipated Anointed Savior. Holy is He and He is with us!
Merry Christmas!
