Larry Tobin

Though animal sacrifice was not sufficient I believe that they show the mercy of God in the fact that the sin of the person offering the sacrifice was transfered to the animal before it was sacrificed. The atonement was made for the sin commited. This same mercy of God was shown to us when Jesus became our substitutionary sacrifice on the cross. Praise God!!!

Lambs were used as sin offerings. When John spoke these words he was essentially saying "look, here He is, the One God has provided as the sacrificial lamb to remove the sins of ALL of humanity". B. This would have been totally new for the Isrealites since the sin offering up until then was for individuals. When someone offered the sin offering it was for their sin only. Now John was saying that this Lamb was going to remove the sins of humanity once for all. This must have floored some.