Inspired by the April 2, 2021 message
delivered by Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn
at Beth Israel Worship Center, Wayne, NJ.
Rabbi Jonathan delivers
his Good Friday message
with passion that is contagious
and just happens to be
about my favorite thread
in Scripture…the Lamb
He begins in Genesis 22
where lamb and love
are mentioned for the first time
It’s that mind-blowing chapter
when God put Abraham to the test
by telling him to sacrifice his only son
whom he loved,
as a burnt offering
on Mount Moriah
so Abraham bound Isaac
and obediently raised
the glinting blade above the boy
but was stopped by the angel of the Lord
God provided
a substitute sacrifice that day
a ram—
Abraham named that place
Jehovah Jireh, God
will provide
and in the fullness of time
God does provide a
Lamb
on that very same mountain
I follow my rabbi’s thread
to Exodus 12, the Passover
as the Lord brought His people
out of bondage in Egypt
and saved them by
the blood of the lamb
then listen as he speaks of sacrifices
in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
and the cleansing blood sprinkled
upon the mercy seat by the high priest
every year, on the Day of Atonement
The mystery continues to unravel
in Isaiah 53 with the astonishing foretelling
of the sacrifice of the Suffering Servant
Who was…pierced
through for our transgressions
Who was crushed for
our iniquities…
Who…Like a lamb
that is led to the slaughter
and like a sheep
that is silent
before its shearers…He
did not open His mouth
The thread weaves its way to Daniel 9
the mystery of the Seventy Weeks
and the coming of Messiah
Who would be cut off/Crucified
I follow along, eagerly
flipping through pages of the Gospels
and listen afresh as John the Baptist proclaims
Behold the Lamb of
God
Who takes away the
sin of the world
remembering, the place, in the land of Moriah
where Abraham nearly sacrificed his son
is the very same location
as the Place of the Skull, Golgotha
where the Lamb God provided
was Crucified and died
Enthusiasm rises in Rabbi’s voice
and in my heart as he nears the end
of the thread that runs so true
without any loose ends
all throughout the Scriptures
He sums up his message
in the Book of Revelation
as the voice of many angels proclaim
Worthy is the Lamb
that was slain
to receive power
and riches and wisdom
and might and honor
and glory and blessing
where resplendently jeweled
the New Jerusalem comes down out of Heaven
shining with the glory of God
where God Almighty and the Lamb
are its temple and the lamp is the Lamb
Hallelujah! Praise God Almighty—
God has provided His Glorious Lamb…for us!
Maude Carolan Pych
