
Biblical Reading and Reflections: August 8th (Hosea 6 & John 10:1-21)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Shepherd and the Door to the Sheep
The biblical background to shepherd imagery is immensely important. If you think about characters like abraham, isaac jacob, these were all shepherds. Joseph was a shepherd. The great leaders of the nation, moses and david, were shepherds both literally and symbolically. And this is the background the conversation that jesus has describing himself as the shepherd and the door to the sheep.
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