The LAMB Of GOD Is Our LORD JESUS

Worthy is the LAMB who was slain!
(Alexander Smellie, "The Hour of Silence" 1899)

"Then I saw a LAMB, looking as if it 
had been slain, standing in the center 
of the throne!" Revelation 5:6 

"Then I looked and heard the voice 
of many angels, numbering thousands 
upon thousands, and ten thousand 
times ten thousand. They encircled 
the throne and the living creatures and 
the elders. In a loud voice they sang: 
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, 
to receive power and wealth and wisdom 
and strength and honor and glory and praise!" 
Revelation 5:11-12 

The LAMB of GOD is the center 
of this mystic and glowing book 
of the Revelation.

There is the LAMB with HIS wounds--
the LAMB that was slain. Even in Heaven 
HE carries those scars of HIS passion 
and death. Even in Heaven I shall be 
perpetually reminded that I owe 
everything to Calvary, and to HIM 
who was both Victor and Victim there!

There is the LAMB in HIS royalty--
the LAMB in the center of the Throne. 
The Head that once was crowned 
with the sharp thorns--
is crowned with regal glory now! 

I rejoice in it for CHRIST'S sake. 
I rejoice in it for my own sake, for what 
is there which HE cannot do for me--
HIS little one? Over the world 
of nature and men, over unseen 
principalities and powers--
HE rules that HE may 
befriend my soul.

There is the LAMB with HIS 
shepherding of HIS own people--
the LAMB shall lead them. To all 
eternity HE will shepherd me, 
feed me, protect me, uphold me! 

I shall never be able to dispense 
with HIM. I shall never wish to stand 
alone, outside HIS keeping and HIS care. 
Through the everlasting years, I shall 
avow myself my dear LORD'S debtor.

There is the LAMB in HIS triumphs--
the LAMB shall overcome them. 
So, one day, I shall see all my 
enemies routed and dead. 
One happy day, I shall be entirely 
freed from the antagonism and 
harassment of my sins! 

HE who is for me, is mightier 
than the hosts arrayed against me!

"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, 
to receive power and wealth and wisdom 
and strength and honor and glory and praise!"

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