While Israel waited in the land of Ham
Our God prepared to send them out and free
Them through the sacrifice of year-old lambs
Which shed their blood to cover doors. “Believe
The coming sacrifice,” God spoke through lambs.
By looking to the Lord who came, we see
Messiah was a babe and great “I AM,”
The promise found in tree-curse prophecy,
An answer to the high priests’ offering scam.
In One bold Man, both Jews and Gentiles freed
From ancient rites with bethlehemic lambs
To live our lives now Son-set-free indeed!
Because of Him, at holidays some eat ham
Or turkeys—trimming, too, their festal trees.
Agnus Dei (Latin for Lamb of God) is an oil painting completed between 1635 and 1640 by the Spanish Baroque artist Francisco de Zurbarán. It is housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain.
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