The Lamb In The Bible : The Lamb Of God

Author Eric H. F Law’s book The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community was published at Chalice Press in 1993. Eric H. F. Law’s biographical information states that he is an Episcopalian priest. “He is also the founder and executive director of the Kaleidoscope Institute. The Kaleidoscope Institute’s mission is to create inclusive and sustainable churches and communities. For more than 25 years, he has provided transformative and comprehensive training and resources for churches and ministries in all the major church denominations in the United States and Canada.” (http://ehflaw.typepad.com/blog/). In addition to this task Eric also writes a weekly blog entitled The Sustainist: Spirituality for Sustainable Communities in a Networked World. Eric H. F Law is not a new comer to writing, he has 9 books published as of now in his career. (http://ehflaw.typepad.com/blog/)

Many people are viewed by their actions in life. Most would believe to be born pure and innocent. William Blake wrote a poem called, “The Lamb” which told the message that jesus created an sweet, gentle animal. The lamb symbolizes purity and innocence. The archetype means the people who consider themselves like a lamb are followers not leaders.

The Cross as the symbol of Christianity was embraced as late as in the fourth century. It is certain that the Rood of Christ was often likened to a tree which can be known when the Rood said, “That was very long ago, I remember it still, that I was cut down from the edge of the wood, ripped from by my roots” (lines 28-30). The Ruthwell Cross, runic characters, being the most striking example of a combination of Celtic artistic tradition known as being interwoven with human and animal figures, biblical scenes and other things that were Christ based later developed into the poem of The Dream of the Rood, all form together to give you an overtly Christian

Constantine reportedly looked to the sky where he saw the sign of the cross superimposed over the sun. “Under it was the inscription In Hoc Signo Vinae or “conquer by this sign.” That night, in a dream, he received an explanation of the sign - Christ appeared before him telling him to carry the sign of the cross into battle” (Wasson 1). Constantine decided to inscribe the symbol on his soldier’s shield.

But what really attract my attention was two art works. The first is from baroque period and it is a cross representing a figure of the Catholic Church where believers adore when they

4. How many disciples were with St. Peter in the boat? ............... (6 - 11- 3)

It symbolized the taking of the vow. The Cross not only set apart the crusader from the rest of the people but it also showed his status and was a reminder of his vow. The cross also symbolized the power and glory of God and God’s protection of the crusaders, and the power of redemption.2 Another religious manifestation was divine signs. One of the many divine signs was the cross. The cross became a sign of physical sacrifice.

The brimstone symbol some time known as the leviathan cross. At the bottom there is the infinity sign in this cross and at the top there is a double cross. This is related to the Satanism, the double cross is for the protection and balance between male and female. The infinity symbol is for the internal happiness and relaxes. This is used to represent the kingdom of Satan that is called the hell. This is about the afterlife pleasure, happiness and relaxes; this symbol is made of the alchemical elements. This symbol is discovered and generated by the Anton Lavey, he is the founder of the church of Satan. This symbol is related to the Christian religion, and it becomes very popular in the revolution time.

which translates to “of the cross” thus, symbolizing sacrifice and suffering. It is believed that the

The censer was used by the priest to bless icons. Two angels on both sides of Christ hold candles symbolic of Christ as holy illumination. The Three Temptations of Christ by the devil are shown the bottom three segments as a symbol of Christ’s humanity. In the six segments on top, Jesus is shown performing his first miracle at the Wedding in Cana with the help of Mary’s intercession. His miracle was the first of seven signs in John’s Gospel through which Jesus attained divine status and therefore, has symbolic importance of his divinity. When the wedding runs out of wine, Christ tells Mary that he will turn the water into wine. Mary tells the waiter not to question Christ and to bring the water. Christ turns water to wine at the wedding. The wine is a symbol of Christ’s blood, a part of the Eucharist, and the water is a symbol of the Holy

In both Luke and John, fishing and the image of the net allude to discipleship. In Luke Chapter 5, the disciples have fished all night and returned the next morning with nothing. Jesus tells them to put

Content- Moses is watching over his father-in-law's flock of sheep, and he wanders with them to Horeb, the mountain of God. An angel of God appears to him in the form of a bush that appears on fire but doesn't burn. God speaks to Moses and tells him that he's going to deliver the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. He has picked Moses has to lead them.

When Jesus arrived to Golgotha, He was nailed to the cross and soon after dies. The symbol of Jesus’ crucifixion is what Christians live by. It represents Jesus sacrificing his life to save humanity from their evil sins. When He died, He was taken down from the cross and was buried in a tomb, where He resurrected into Heaven and was seated at the right Hand of God. Jesus’ resurrection symbolizes two things. First, it proves to Christians that Jesus is the Son of God (Curtis). In the Bible, Paul affirmed that Christ is declared to be the Son of God by the resurrection from the dead (Rom. 1:4). Second, Jesus’ resurrection represented an assurance that all of humanity is saved and forgiven for their sins (Curtis).

The dove has been a significant symbol for all mankind representing peace for many centuries. Yet the dove has a symbolic importance in the Christian Bible that has been in the Bible and mentioned approximately 46 times in scriptures. The dove has been mentioned right from the start of the Bible in Genesis. This is where Noah sends out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface and since it hadn’t, he waited another seven days and sent the dove again. This time when the dove returned, it came back with an olive leaf.

an “X”. This symbol came from the time where Jesus talked to Peter and said, “I will give you the keys to the kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.” (Matthew 16:19) This showed that Jesus