THE SUCKING LAMB
THE SUCKING LAMB
When the Philistines came up against Israel such was the confessed weakness of their position that Samuel, instead of arming himself, ceased not to cry to the Lord for them. In keeping with the situation and their condition, he offers up a sucking lamb as a burnt-offering to the Lord. It was that which spoke of the preciousness of Christ to God. God was the Judge, and the action was in keeping with the condition which existed. “And the Lord heard him”.