The Lamb He takes away from trouble. (Gv.1 0.29 to 34)
This Sunday We have already brought to the second stage of ordinary time, but the context of the message that is being proposed is still that of Jesus' baptism last Sunday. The Gospel of John uses the image of the lamb to present Jesus as the one who came to take away the sin of the world: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" This is an image that at that time was very familiar and, therefore, could be understood more easily in its meaning. The lamb was the animal "sacrifice," because it was actually sacrificed in the Passover celebration to signify the covenant God had made with his people, after having freed from slavery in Egypt. With the same efficiency, but this time in person, in his Son Jesus, God completes his plan of salvation through the liberation of all mankind from their sins. Today the significance of this gentle animal image and willing to sacrifice, it is less clear, because in everyday life do not happen to us almost more than to see a lamb in the flesh. However the meaning remains the same victim, due to Jesus who offers himself for the salvation of humanity. Already since the beginning of his public ministry we understand clearly that the task of Jesus and above will not be easy as the final outcome of a total offering of himself. To support and carry out a mission so busy it needed a force that could guarantee only the Spirit of Jesus: "I contemplated the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and remain upon him." The Spirit is "possession" of Jesus and "remains on him" until the end, when they deliver it to the Father, from whom he had received, "and he bowed his head, gave up his spirit". No man would ever be able to erase the sins of mankind, the Lamb has the power to remove from the shoulders of each of the heavy burden of sin and allow us the life of a truly free men. Only the Lamb, the innocent and meek, could free us from the power of evil and death, only the power of the Spirit led Jesus to the end, so how can it transform the lives of men with hope, joy and peace.
This Sunday We have already brought to the second stage of ordinary time, but the context of the message that is being proposed is still that of Jesus' baptism last Sunday. The Gospel of John uses the image of the lamb to present Jesus as the one who came to take away the sin of the world: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" This is an image that at that time was very familiar and, therefore, could be understood more easily in its meaning. The lamb was the animal "sacrifice," because it was actually sacrificed in the Passover celebration to signify the covenant God had made with his people, after having freed from slavery in Egypt. With the same efficiency, but this time in person, in his Son Jesus, God completes his plan of salvation through the liberation of all mankind from their sins. Today the significance of this gentle animal image and willing to sacrifice, it is less clear, because in everyday life do not happen to us almost more than to see a lamb in the flesh. However the meaning remains the same victim, due to Jesus who offers himself for the salvation of humanity. Already since the beginning of his public ministry we understand clearly that the task of Jesus and above will not be easy as the final outcome of a total offering of himself. To support and carry out a mission so busy it needed a force that could guarantee only the Spirit of Jesus: "I contemplated the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and remain upon him." The Spirit is "possession" of Jesus and "remains on him" until the end, when they deliver it to the Father, from whom he had received, "and he bowed his head, gave up his spirit". No man would ever be able to erase the sins of mankind, the Lamb has the power to remove from the shoulders of each of the heavy burden of sin and allow us the life of a truly free men. Only the Lamb, the innocent and meek, could free us from the power of evil and death, only the power of the Spirit led Jesus to the end, so how can it transform the lives of men with hope, joy and peace.
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