Lamb or Lion?

An old weather saying declares that if March comes in like a lamb it will go out like a lion, but if it comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb. In my part of the country it came in with freezing morning temps and the threat of rain storms. I don't know if that is lambish or lionish.

In Revelation 5:1-10 the descriptive terms 'lamb' and 'lion' are also used in regard to Jesus. On one hand He is seen as the Lamb of God. John writes, " I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain." In the Old Testament a lamb was brought to the priest of the temple to be sacrificed as an indication of the person's repentance for sin and expectation that one day Jesus would come to pay for that sin as a sacrificial lamb. On the other hand Jesus is seen as the Lion who will rule, reign and judge all sin. Again John writes, "with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips...." Actually, Jesus will be both Lamb and Lion to all people. For some he will be the Lamb they rejected and the Lion who judges them. For others He will be the Lamb they accepted as their sacrifice for sin and then the Lion who will lead them in victory for eternity.

While the lamb and lion weather prediction is pure speculation, the Lamb and Lion as applied to Jesus is certainty. While the lamb and lion weather is passing, the Lamb and Lion as applied to Jesus is for all eternity. Jesus has made himself available to all as the Lamb. He willingly allowed himself to become the sacrifice for each of us. He simply invites us to come and receive his blessings.