The Lion And The Lamb (Revelation 5:5-6)

Champion of the Gospel with Jonathan Heng

Jesus Christ has many titles, such as Son of God, Son of Man, Messiah, Emmanuel (Matthew ​1:23), Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).
In this message, we want to look at Jesus as the Lion and the Lamb. In the natural, the lion and the lamb are seemingly contrasting types of animals. The lion is fierce, bold, strong and swift. On the other hand, the lamb is meek, tender and gracious. Like a lion, Jesus is jealous and zealous for the true holiness and worship of God. For example, He confronted the moneychangers, overthrew their tables and said, "My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves" (Mark 11:17).
Like a lamb, Jesus was "oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth" (Isaiah 53:7). What is the application for us today? We need men and women who know when to be like a lion, and when to be like a lamb. We need men and women who are full of glory mingled with humility, full of uncompromising justice tempered with mercy, full of majesty mingled with meekness. We need to see Jesus and all that He has accomplished at the cross in order to be all that we can be in Him.
Revelation 5:5-6 portrays the prophetic significance of Jesus as the Lion and the Lamb. From the foundation of the world, God's plan for the ages is that redemption is only through Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. When humankind fell, Jesus is the only perfect sacrifice to put away sin.