Catechism for Young Children · Question 63 of 145
What did these sacrifices represent?
A.Christ, the Lamb of God, who was to die for sinners.
What does this answer mean?
The sacrifices represented Christ, the Lamb of God, who was to die for sinners. Every lamb on the altar was a picture of the true Lamb to come. John the Baptist called Jesus 'the Lamb of God' in John 1:29.
What can we ask our children?
- What did the sacrifices represent?
- Who called Jesus the Lamb of God?
- Why don't Christians offer animal sacrifices today?
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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).
Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.