In his exaltation Jesus remains the Lamb, the crucified one. He participates in God’s identity and reign, making him worthy of worship, as the slaughtered Lamb, and only as such. This is the consistent witness of the New Testament: that the exalted Lord remains the crucified Jesus.20 And this one is “the true face of God.”21
Jesus doesn’t move “beyond” that. This is essential. If/when the words “He will return as a king” are spoken, the King IS the lamb.
