Seems Odd

100 Words: John 1:29-34

John the Baptist proclaims Jesus as ‘Lamb of God,’ both suffering and triumphant:

He dies ‘at the moment the paschal lambs are slaughtered in the Temple,’ and as in Exodus 12:46, ‘not one bone of his will be broken’ (Henry Wansborough).

He rises ‘as a lamb that seemed to have been sacrificed’ (Revelation 5:6).

John and Jesus were cousins, yet John says:

I did not know him myself (John 1).

Seems odd until we realise:

No one can say Jesus is Lord except in the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12).

Experiencing the Holy Spirit. Bring it on!

Amen.