The Lamb of God is also the Good Shepherd. Lamb and Shepherd are two aspects of the one Office of Christ. He bore our sin as the Lamb of God and so leads His people as the Good Shepherd of His flock.. The slaughtered lamb is the wounded Shepherd:
and with his wounds we are healed (Is. 53).
Text: John 1:29-42, especially the italicized verses
29 The next day (John the Baptizer) saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizeswith the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
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35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked…
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