Excerpt from Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper:
"The Lion of Judah conquered because He was willing to act the part of a Lamb. He came into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday like a king on the way to a throne, and He went out of Jerusalem on Good Friday like a lamb on the way to the slaughter. He drove out the robbers from the Temple like a lion devouring its prey. And then at the end of the week He gave His majestic neck to the knife, and they slaughtered the Lion of Judah like a sacrificial lamb.
"So Christ is a lamb-like Lion and a lion-like Lamb. That is His glory - 'An admirable conjucntion of diverse excellencies.'
"This glorious conjunction shines all the brighter because it corresponds perfectly with our personal weariness and longing for greatness [and purpose]. Jesus said, 'Come to Me, all who are labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart' (Matthew 11:28-29). The lamb-like gentleness and humily of this Lion woos us in our weariness. And we love Him for it. If He only recrutied like the Marines, who want strength, we would despair of coming."
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