Do you know the names of Jesus' two sheepfolds...?
Do you know the names of Jesus' two sheepfolds, their purpose, why there are two not one? Jesus the Great Shepherd leads TWO SHEEPFOLDs. In your answer you should have:
1) their names
2) their purpose
3) why two and not one fold, as well as, the number in each fold
Answer:
There is a misconception as to what who these sheep are. Jehovah's Witnesses think they are one of the folds, the Mormons think they are as well. Please see the following answer which should clarify your question as they are not who you think they are.
Jesus administered to the lost sheep of the house of Israel at his First Advent. Hence the “other sheep” here are those not of Israel who would become his subsequently during the Gospel Age. While on his way to the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus said, “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me” (John 17:20,21). This text specifically refers to all who would take up their cross and follow Jesus during the Gospel Age.
“And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold.” “This fold” refers to the Jewish fold—the lost sheep of the Jewish fold were to be added to by the “other [Gentile] sheep” to come, so that all of the Christian sheep would be of “one fold.” The expanded picture is also true. All things in heaven and in earth will ultimately be in the one fold, including reconciled fallen angels.
Earlier in this tenth chapter of John, a door to a sheepfold, or pen, was mentioned. There are sheep inside this pen. When Jesus came, the porter (the Law) opened to him. The Law had been a barrier, keeping the Israelites under bondage, unable to be rescued, but by obeying the Law and obtaining the key to life, Jesus replaced the porter and became the door himself. As a result, not only are the sheep led from the pen, but they can go in and out as they please— because Jesus, not the porter, is now the custodian of the door. The explanation is that we, as Christians, have access to the beauties of the Law given to the nation of Israel; that is, we can study the precepts of the Old Testament. Even though the precepts are not obligatory in the sense that they are to the Jew, we can study the Law and imbibe the principles. Hence the sheepfold pertained to the Jews—it was the Jewish fold (John 10:1). Jesus freed from the Law those Jews who accepted him, and now (verse 16) he referred to others who would become his sheep during the Gospel Age.
1) their names
2) their purpose
3) why two and not one fold, as well as, the number in each fold
Answer:
There is a misconception as to what who these sheep are. Jehovah's Witnesses think they are one of the folds, the Mormons think they are as well. Please see the following answer which should clarify your question as they are not who you think they are.
Jesus administered to the lost sheep of the house of Israel at his First Advent. Hence the “other sheep” here are those not of Israel who would become his subsequently during the Gospel Age. While on his way to the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus said, “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me” (John 17:20,21). This text specifically refers to all who would take up their cross and follow Jesus during the Gospel Age.
“And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold.” “This fold” refers to the Jewish fold—the lost sheep of the Jewish fold were to be added to by the “other [Gentile] sheep” to come, so that all of the Christian sheep would be of “one fold.” The expanded picture is also true. All things in heaven and in earth will ultimately be in the one fold, including reconciled fallen angels.
Earlier in this tenth chapter of John, a door to a sheepfold, or pen, was mentioned. There are sheep inside this pen. When Jesus came, the porter (the Law) opened to him. The Law had been a barrier, keeping the Israelites under bondage, unable to be rescued, but by obeying the Law and obtaining the key to life, Jesus replaced the porter and became the door himself. As a result, not only are the sheep led from the pen, but they can go in and out as they please— because Jesus, not the porter, is now the custodian of the door. The explanation is that we, as Christians, have access to the beauties of the Law given to the nation of Israel; that is, we can study the precepts of the Old Testament. Even though the precepts are not obligatory in the sense that they are to the Jew, we can study the Law and imbibe the principles. Hence the sheepfold pertained to the Jews—it was the Jewish fold (John 10:1). Jesus freed from the Law those Jews who accepted him, and now (verse 16) he referred to others who would become his sheep during the Gospel Age.
