Lamb of God
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"And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."--Book of Revelation |
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Lamb of God is one of the titles given to Jesus in the New Testament and consequently in the Christian tradition. It refers to Jesus' role as a sacrifice atoning for the sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Hebrew sacrifices in which a lamb was slain during the Passover. In the original Passover in Egypt, the blood was smeared on the door posts and lintel of each household.
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