Romans – God’s Timeline XXX: Eonian Life, Part 4
The Rest of John There are a few more passages from John which beg our attention. Next is John 10:10– Jesus, then, said to them again, “Verily, verily, I am saying to you that I am the Door of the sheep. All whoever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep do not hear them. I am the Door. Through Me if anyone should be entering, he shall be saved, and shall be entering and coming out and will be finding pasture. The thief is not coming except that he should be stealing and sacrificing and destroying. I came that they may have life eonian , and have it superabundantly. Whenever Christ is figured as the “Shepherd,” Israel is always in view as “sheep” in the text (Matt. 10:6, 16, 15:24, Luke 15:6, 1 Pet. 2:25, and many, many Old Testament examples.) This aligns with the fact that Jesus is speaking during the sixth administration, to bring about the blessings of Israel. Thus in this brief example, Jesus refers to this figure in order to demonstrate who is receivi...
