However, in the New Testament, after the Calvary cross, “sheep” or “flock of sheep” or “flock” is spiritually applied to refer to the children of God who have been saved and born again by believing in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Everyone who goes into the other way without going into the door, is a thief and a robber. These are the words referring to religious leaders like the Pharisees at the time and the Greek philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle and Socrates, who insisted that they deny Jesus the Good Shepherd and lead them in the way of salvation. But they are people who steal, kill, and destroy souls. Apostle Paul also sent a warning message of them:
All the education of the present world as well as the time of Apostle Paul and Jesus Christ have been teaching childish principle to steal the souls of those who should follow Christ, and led them to destruction by promising a better world.
The Lord says that He is the Shepherd of the sheep. But the Lord is not only the shepherd who takes care of the flock, but also tells us that he is the door to the sheep and the way. To Philip asking the Lord to know where He is going, the Lord said, ” I am the way, the truth,and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14: 6).
Now the Lord is speaking unto Pharisees, the thief and the robbers in parables.
The “door of the sheep”, which the Lord speaks, is the door to the kingdom in heaven. It is said that no one can be saved without going through the door to the kingdom of heaven. In other words, without believing in the Lord, the Good Shepherd, when the Lord appears in the air, cannot be raptured into the heaven through the sheep’s door. Jesus said, there shall be one fold(also means church), and one shepherd. Of course, only Jesus Christ is the only one Shepherd. Bur he also meant one church, and one shepherd.
The Lord will open the doors of heaven and appear in the air, calling the names of his sheep, and bringing them out of the earth, and lifting them up through the heavenly door (v.3). Apostle John is a blessed person in the Holy Spirit who anticipates what will happen to him on this day:
That’s right! The saved saints are to hear the voice of the Lord and follow Him. They are not going to follow any strangers at all. This is the unique character of sheep that follows only the shepherd. Jesus Christ is the shepherd’s chief, and the shepherds who are called by him and caring his sheep are to feed his sheep and bring their sheep to heaven. Therefore, the sheep of the Lord do not listen to the voice of false shepherds who do not feed the word of the good Shepherd.
The Lord said, “by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. ” (v. 9). This will cause the Lord to open the door to heaven and let his sheep go through the door of heaven to be saved. Also, once again at the end of the tribulation, he will judge the world, and when he establishes the kingdom, He will be coming, and at this time the Lord will lead them into the pasture.
Apostle John testified when the Lord Jesus come down from heaven with the sheep seeing the door of heaven opened. At this time the Lord’s sheep will become the armies of heaven,
King David, confessing the Lord God as his shepherd, testified that when he comes down with him to the earth, the Lord would lead him to a green pasture:
The Lord also warned us about false shepherds in the church of God until the Lord come. He said that they are hirelings. Therefore, the sheep of the Lord must discern whether their shepherds are hirelings or not:
They are originally the sheep of God, but they are speaking of the people of Israel who have been scattered . But the prophet Hosea prophesied that they would seek the Lord in the midst of affliction dddduring the Great Tribulation:
However, at this time, the Roman Catholic, the church of Harlot claimed that they are the sheep of God and that the churches that left them through the Reformation of Martin Luther were other sheep that did not belong to the sheep, So far, they are finally doing religious ecumenical through the WCC. What a comedy, it is! The sheep of the Lord Jesus know who they are. But those who are not the sheep of the Lord are deceived by their words. We are to realize the word of the Lord and not be deceived by the group of robbers. Amen! Hallelujah!