In all of our readings this Sunday, our attention is drawn to a key figure, a key image in the entirety of the Scriptures. And that image is the innocent, spotless, unblemished Lamb of God. And in particular, in today’s Gospel, when Jesus walks towards John the Baptist in the Jordan, John the Baptist looks at Him with marvel and awe, almost stunned to be seeing the Lord God of Hosts walking his way. But what’s more, the beauty of His purity, of His innocence. And he can do nothing but exclaim, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!”