The Divine Shepherd of Israel

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, He entered a world that was bursting with anticipation. Some of the Jewish people were longing for God’s divine manifestation, as in the days of Moses and Solomon (Ex. 40:34–38; 1 Ki. 8:10–11). But they believed that before God’s presence would be evident, Israel’s Redeemer-Messiah must come, as the prophets promised.   The Gospel of John brings this

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