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Jesus: Good Shepherd and Lamb of God

For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

-- Rev. 7:17

The exhibition, Jesus: Good Shepherd and Lamb of God, with 34 drawings, paintings, original prints, sculptures and photographs explores through the eye of the artist, how this theological concept has been interpreted from the 17th century to the present. This display includes artists from the Philippines, Japan, Bulgaria, England, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, Netherlands, Israel, Argentina, Greece, and the United States.

Jesus: Good Shepherd and Lamb of God begins with a photograph by Roger Varland titled Cain and Abel and two pieces of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac as a kind of foreshadowing to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus as the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God).

Jesus is the Good Shepherd par excellence. Psalm 23 says "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." Jesus explains "I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep." (John 10:11-5) This portrayal of Jesus as the Good Shepherd (Good Shepherd, Sandra Bowden) has been a favorite of Christians since early Christianity and still today resonates with the faithful.

Jesus as the Lamb of God is a theme that runs throughout the Scriptures. Jesus is our shepherd in the sense that he cares for God’s flock, but he is the lamb in the sacrificial sense (Sacrificial Lamb by Otto Dix). In Christian symbolism, the lamb represents Jesus, the Lamb of God. Standing with a banner, the lamb represents the risen Christ triumphant over death (Jerusalem Tympanum). Standing with a cross and a gash in its side, it symbolizes the passion of Christ. Seated on a throne or a book, the lamb represents the judgment of Christ (Adoration of the Lamb, unknown). Because the lamb is humble, gentle, and innocent, lambs are often engraved on the tombstones of children as seen in Kathy Hettinga’s Lambs of the Saint Luis Valley.

This show includes:

File with high-resolution images of all 30 works in the show

File with text for labels

File for introduction panels

Information on unpacking and repacking show

Information on shipping the exhibition