What is the meaning of Behold a son?

What is the meaning of Behold a son?

Means “behold, a son” in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is the eldest son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuben was cursed by his father because he slept with Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. It has been used as a Christian name in Britain since the Protestant Reformation.

What does the future behold?

phrase [VERB inflects] If you wonder what the future holds, you wonder what will happen in the future. We wondered what the future would hold for our baby son. See full dictionary entry for future.

What does it mean to behold the Lamb of God?

“To be called a Lamb of God means that God gave Jesus to be killed like a lamb for our sins so we could live forever.” For hundreds of years, Jews brought lambs to the temple as sacrifices for their sins. They kept coming back year after year because no lamb could take away all their sin.

What did the Lamb of God do for us?

The presence of the blood signaled death to pass over their house. The blood of the lambs saved God’s people. When we come to the New Testament, Jesus is called the Lamb of God by John the Baptist. In Revelation, there are 9 references to the Lamb – revealing to us Christ in His victory.

What does the lion and the lamb represent in the Bible?

The symbol is used in both Christianity and Judaism to represent the Messianic Age. In addition, in Christianity, according to a sermon by Augustine, the lion stands for Christ resurrected, the lamb for Christ’s sacrifice (“He endured death as a lamb; he devoured it as a lion.”—Augustine, Sermon 375A).

Who said Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world?

John the Baptist

What is the difference between sheep and goats in the Bible?

What distinguishes the sheep from the goats is the acceptance or rejection of Jesus’ message. “The criterion of judgment for all the nations is their treatment of those who have borne to the world the message of Jesus, and this means ultimately their acceptance or rejection of Jesus himself; cf.

Are snakes in the Bible?

Serpents (Hebrew: נָחָשׁ‎ nāḥāš) are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in religious and cultural life of ancient Egypt, Canaan, Mesopotamia and Greece. Nāḥāš occurs in the Torah to identify the serpent in the Garden of Eden.