Happy New Year – may we step into it in peace and love!
“The lamb with the lion” – often a paraphrase from Isaiah, and more closely quoted as “the wolf and lamb”, “a child will lead them”, and the like – are an artistic and symbolic device, most generally related to peace.
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 375 ce.
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