You were bought with the precious blood of the death of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb. 1 Peter 1:19 God’s Big Idea: Many years later, Jesus came to earth. John the Baptist was a prophet who preached that the Messiah was coming to redeem His people. John recognized that Jesus was the Redeemer he had been preaching about. When he saw Jesus, John called out, “Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world! John saw that the Lamb of God had come to fulfill the plan of redemption.