“Behold” is not a casual-looking glance.

It is a summons to stop in your tracks, focus your attention, and respond to what God is showing you. “Behold” is fixing our gaze on God until our hearts respond in awe, trust, and obedience.

Here are 5 truths followers of Christ must BEHOLD.

1. BEHOLD the Lamb, our provision for salvation.

Through John the Baptist, the Spirit does not prophetically announce Christ as an example, a miracle worker, or a teacher, but AS The Lamb.

John 1:29, “BEHOLD! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” This was His primary mission (Luke 19:10, 1 Tim. 1:15).

This “Behold” is evangelistic. It says: Look over here. He is the answer. The Lamb: Speaks of sacrifice. Speaks of Passover. Speaks of blood applied. Speaks of sin removed.

Another Bible Word for substitute is “propitiation.” Behold it in 1 John 2:2 and 1 John 4:10.

2. BEHOLD God’s love, our privilege of adoption.

Now we move from what Christ did to who we are.

1 John 3:1, “BEHOLD what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!”

This “Behold” is an expression of amazement. It’s like “wow! Can you believe that He loves us this much?!”

It means: Look at this kind of love. Study it. Let it stun you.

We are not merely forgiven to keep on living. Our status and identity have changed! We are now “called” children of God.

3. BEHOLD the new creation, our powerful transformation.

This “behold” is a declaration: STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN to what God has done! Be amazed!

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; BEHOLD, all things have become new.”

Salvation is not simply a cosmetic repair. It means we are a new creation with a new heart, new desires, and a new identity.

The Holy Spirit insists this is not just future tense. It is our present reality. He has done the work, and we must walk in reality.

4. BEHOLD His coming, our prophetic advent.

This “behold” informs us of the certainty of His return.

Revelation 1:7, “BEHOLD, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him…” This “behold” is also prophetic and urgent. It means: STOP! LOOK UP! His Advent is as sure as His Ascension.

Christianity is not just about the Cross behind us. While the life and death of Jesus are absolutely vital to our Gospel, let’s not forget the victory we have because of His Empty Tomb and His soon return. King Jesus says, “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore” (Rev. 1:18a).

Our Gospel has a crescendo ahead because it’s about a King returning for us.

Every eye will see Him. History is moving toward a Person.

If you truly believed He’d return before next Sunday, what would youchange about your life over the next three days?

5. BEHOLD, He makes all things new, our promised restoration.

Our final “behold” is the certainty of restoration.

Revelation 21:5 reads, “Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘BEHOLD, I make all things new.’”

The first “behold” showed us The Lamb of God. The last “behold” shows us His Throne. The One who made you new in Christ will one day make all things new.

This is not merely personal renewal. This is cosmic restoration: new heavens, new earth, no more death, and no more sorrow.

Let’s wrap this up with a simple picture.

If you stare at your phone screen long enough in a dark room, your eyes adjust to its glow. It begins to shape what you see and how you see. This is universally true. Whatever holds your gaze long enough will shape your thinking, your desires, and eventually your life. We do not drift toward what we glance at. What we “behold” shapes what we become.

But I must inform you that “BEHOLD” is a divine summons. You’ve been served. Stop drifting. Refocus your gaze. Respond.

If you behold the Lamb, you will trust Him.

If you behold His love, you will live as His child.

If you behold His new creation, you will walk in newness.

If you behold His coming, you will live ready.

If you behold all things made new, you will endure with hope.

The Christian life is sustained by continuously beholding Jesus Christ, “the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2).

The final question is “What are you beholding right now?”

Please pause and pray about that.