Post by ResLight on Jul 13, 2013 9:47:06 GMT -5
This is transferred from Facebook in reply to one who claims that Jesus and Yahweh are the same shepherd spoken of in Exodus 34 and John 10:
In Ezekiel 34, Yahweh is depicted as the shepherd of his sheep, but Ezekiel also quotes him as saying: "And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd." (Ezekiel 34:23) "David" is often used in the OT to represent the coming "son of David". Jesus is the not Yahweh, but rather is he is the one that Yahweh foretold that he would "set up" over His sheep.
The word "good" in the phrase often translated as "good shepherd" is the Greek word transliterated as Kalos. It carries a variety of meanings; due the context of John 10:11,14 as well as prohecy of Ezekiel 34, the meaning more than likely was that of "genuine, approved". Jesus is the genuine, appoved shepherd whom the Yahweh has set over the sheep.
Jesus said concerning his sheep: "My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all." (John 10:29) Jesus never said that the sheep came from himself. He recognized that his sheep were given to him from the only true God who had sent him. -- John 17:3,6.
Jesus never claimed to be sent "as" the only true God; he did say that the only true God had sent him. -- John 17:3.
The "one shepherd" of Ezekiel 34:23 and John 10:16 is NOT Yahweh, but rather the shepherd whom Yahweh "set up" -- appointed -- over his sheep.
John 10:11 I am the genuine shepherd. The genuine shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
John 10:13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
John 10:14 I am the genine shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
In context, Jesus is the geniune shepherd as compared to the false shepherds, who did not lay thier lives for the sheep.
In Ezekiel 34, Yahweh is depicted as the shepherd of his sheep, but Ezekiel also quotes him as saying: "And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd." (Ezekiel 34:23) "David" is often used in the OT to represent the coming "son of David". Jesus is the not Yahweh, but rather is he is the one that Yahweh foretold that he would "set up" over His sheep.
The word "good" in the phrase often translated as "good shepherd" is the Greek word transliterated as Kalos. It carries a variety of meanings; due the context of John 10:11,14 as well as prohecy of Ezekiel 34, the meaning more than likely was that of "genuine, approved". Jesus is the genuine, appoved shepherd whom the Yahweh has set over the sheep.
Jesus said concerning his sheep: "My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all." (John 10:29) Jesus never said that the sheep came from himself. He recognized that his sheep were given to him from the only true God who had sent him. -- John 17:3,6.
Jesus never claimed to be sent "as" the only true God; he did say that the only true God had sent him. -- John 17:3.
The "one shepherd" of Ezekiel 34:23 and John 10:16 is NOT Yahweh, but rather the shepherd whom Yahweh "set up" -- appointed -- over his sheep.
John 10:11 I am the genuine shepherd. The genuine shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
John 10:13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
John 10:14 I am the genine shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
In context, Jesus is the geniune shepherd as compared to the false shepherds, who did not lay thier lives for the sheep.
