LOOKING UNTO JESUS OR CHRIST IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE. BY ...

But who is sufficient for this mighty task? What means are
adequate for its accomplishment? Men cannot do it; angels
cannot do it; there is only One of exaltation so high, of
merit so great, of power so mighty, as to be able to reach
down an arm of strength, and lift from humanity the awful
burden; only one name under heaven, given among men,
whereby they must be saved, -- the name of Jesus: the exalted
Being to whom John pointed, -- the Lamb of God, the
divine and only begotten Son of the Everlasting Father. p.
7, Para. 4, [LOOKING].
Thus does John place his hand upon the world's great trouble
and sorrow -- sin! He reveals that which can alone
bring deliverance; namely, the taking away of sin; and he
names the agent by whom alone it can be done -- the Lamb of
God. p. 8, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
Thus is our Lord placed at once in the very focus of that
view which should attract the attention of mankind. To him
as the one source of help, the one beacon of hope, all eyes
should be turned; and the voice of him who appeared in the
wilderness of Judea, to prepare the way of the Lord, as it
rose loud and clear in the ears of the people, calling them
to "behold" him, was only seconding the natural impulse of
every truly awakened heart. p. 8, Para. 2, [LOOKING].
But so great is the deadening power of Sin that the mere
revelation of the facts of a provided salvation is not
enough to arouse the soul. Blind eyes must be startled by a
vivid light, and dull ears pierced by an earnest cry, to
behold and seize the opportunity of life. So by that marvelous
forerunner of Christ, the voice was raised. "Behold
the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
Prophets had long foretold his advent; but now he had appeared,
and men could behold him. Subsequent teachers in
the field of divine truth, repeated and re-echoed the same
call. "Looking unto Jesus," says Paul, "the author and finisher
of our faith." Again he says: "We see Jesus, who was
made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of
death:" and in two other passages he expressly enjoins upon
us to "consider" him. "Consider him that endured such contradiction
of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied
and faint in your minds:" and again, "Consider the apostle
and high priest of our profession, Christ Jesus." Heb.
12:2,3; 2:9; 3:1. p. 8, Para. 3, [LOOKING].
And our Lord himself invites us in still stronger terms to