GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Lamb of God
See also Atone, Atonement; Jesus Christ; Passover

A name for the Savior that refers to Jesus as the sacrificial offering given in our behalf.

He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, Isa. 53: 7 (Mosiah 14: 7). Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world, John 1: 29 (Alma 7: 14). Ye were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish, 1 Pet. 1: 18-20. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, Rev. 5: 12. We overcome Satan by the blood of the Lamb, Rev. 12: 11. These are made white in the blood of the Lamb, because of their faith in him, 1 Ne. 12: 11. The Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world, 1 Ne. 13: 40 (1 Ne. 11: 21). Cry mightily unto the Father in the name of Jesus, that perhaps ye may be cleansed by the blood of the Lamb, Morm. 9: 6 (Rev. 7: 14; Alma 34: 36). The Son of Man is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, Moses 7: 47.