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I will also raise up shepherds over them and they will tend them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord.                 The shepherds will be active in their shepherding. It seems obvious that shepherds would tend a flock; that is their job. Yet many take the title without […]

I will also raise up shepherds over them and they will tend them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord.                 This verse refers to a future day, a glorious day, when all will be set right for the Jews who were oppressed by false religious leaders. Thankfully, […]

Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply. What shall we say of the sheep? The Lord will deal with sheep-destroyers, but what of the sheep themselves? Will He avenge […]

Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.  (Jeremiah 23:2) Where the Lord’s possession is being […]

…Continued from Part 1   Who, then, are the ones endangering? The shepherds, both active and passive. There are shepherds to actively destroy the flock, and these are in Jeremiah 23. But Christ describes different shepherds in John 10, passive ones who stand by and flee while the wolves ravage the sheep. Both are accountable […]