John 10 commentary


  
          1: Amen, amen Revelation 3:14 I say to you they that enter not by the door into the sheepfold but climb up some other way the same are thieves and  robbers 2: But He that enters in by the door Revelation 4:1 is the Shepherd John 10:11 & 14 of the sheep 3: To him the porter opens and the sheep hear his voice and he calls his own sheep by name Isaiah 28:11 and leads them out 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18, Revelation 4:1-3 [1] 4: And when he puts forth his sheep he goes before them and the sheep follow him for they know his voice 5: And a stranger will they not follow but will flee from him for they know not the voice of strangers 6: This parable spoke Iesous to them but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them 7: Then said Iesous to them again Amen, amen I say to you I AM the door of the sheep 8: All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them 9: I AM the door by me if any enter in they shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture 10: The thief comes not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly 11: I AM the good shepherd the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep 12: But they being hirelings and not the shepherd whose own the sheep are not see the wolf coming and leave the sheep and flee and the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep 13: But hirelings flee because they are hirelings and care not for the sheep 14: I AM the good shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine 15: As the Father knows me even so know I the Father and I lay down my life for the sheep 16: And other sheep I have which are not of this fold them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold and one shepherd Galatians 3:26-2817: Therefore doth my Father love me because I lay down my life that I might take it again 18: None takes it from me but I lay it down of myself I have power to lay it down and I have power to take it again This commandment have I received of my Father 19: There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings 20: And many of them said He has a devil and is insane why do you listen to him 21: Others said These are not the words of [one who is] demonized. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind 22: And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication and it was winter 23: And Iesous walked in the temple in Solomon's porch 24: Then came the Jews [and] encircled him and said to him How long do you make us to doubt If you be ho Christos tell us plainly 25: Jesus answered them I told you and you believed not The works that I do in my Father's name they bear witness of me 26: But you believe not because you are not of my sheep as I said to you 27: My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me 28: And I give to them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any pluck them out of my hand 29: My Father who gave them [to] me is greater than all and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand [2] 30: I and my Father are one Isaiah 46:531: Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him 32: Iesous answered them Many good works have I showed you from my Father for which of those works do you stone me 33: The Jews answered him saying For a good work we stone thee not but for blasphemy and because that you being a man make yourself Theos 34: Iesous answered them Is it not written in your law I said You are theos 35: If he called them theos to whom the word of God came and the scripture cannot be broken 36: Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world you blaspheme because I said I am the Son ho Theos 37: If I do not the works of my Father believe me not 38: But if I do though you believe not me believe the works that you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him 39: Therefore they sought again to take him but he escaped out of their hand 40: And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized and there he abode 41: And many resorted to him and said John did no miracle but all things that John spoke of this man were true 42: And many believed on him there

[1] The scriptures are brilliantly layered with prophetic subtext, whether they speak plainly and literally, illustratively, or with duality where there is more than one literal meaning to a passage, as in Isaiah 14:4-20-a [the latter part of verse 20 (20-b) should have been part of a new statement and a new verse]. 

Subtext, is the unspoken or less obvious meaning or message, which comes to be known by the reader or hearer over time, as it is not immediately or purposefully revealed.
John 10:3 is an example of prophetic sub-text. 

Using the analogy of a sheepfold, a shepherd, and his sheep, Jesus spoke of following the Good Shepherd [himself] as he leads his sheep through life, but he was also speaking of a time when he would call each one of his sheep by name and lead them out of the kosmos, into Heaven where he will have a place prepared for his Bride. 

There is more than one reason the Body of Christ is called the ekklesia [the Out-Called]. This is a two-fold name fraught with meaning. Believers are CALLED OUT from the systems of the world. The word “church” is not a good translation of the Greek word ekklesia. In the first three chapters of The Revelation,  each of the seven assemblies are literally translated as the “Called-Out" [more literally the Out-Called]. 

Believers are called out from the systems of the world to be a separate people unto God, but there is more. On the day of the Resurrection and the Harpazo [the Catching-Up/Rapture], the Good Shepherd—with a great shout—is going to call each one of his  out…by name. So we see that the Body of Christ is literally and currently The Called-Out (a noun/person place or thing), and one day, in the future, will literally be called out (a verb/action word). 

When Jesus first spoke these words [John chapter 10] to his disciples, Paul was still a Pharisee. He had not yet come to Christ, much less received the revelation we read of in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18. Nor had John been exiled to Patmos where he was transported into the Day of the LORD, where he saw the Apocalypse, and recorded the things he saw and heard. 

Once These New Covenant revelations were later given to Paul and to John, the subtext in John 10:3 was revealed. We are now able to understand both the vital surface meaning and the rich subtext that aligns it with New Testament prophecies as well as an obscure ancient prophecy given by Isaiah which connects the Gift of Tongues to the Resurrection/Rapture. 

Let’s unpack John 10:3, verse by verse
 “But He that enters in by the door is the Shepherd of the sheep … John 10:11 & 14 (Jesus said, “I am the Good Shepherd”) (In Revelation 4:1 A door is opened in Heaven [this may or may not be related to this verse, but is an interesting correlation)

To him the porter Holy Spirit opens …

and the sheep hear his voice …1 Thessalonians 4:16,  Revelation 4:1

and he calls his own sheep by name …Isaiah 28:11 This is the part that connects the Gift of Speaking in tongues to the Resurrection/Rapture and unlocks Isaiah’s obscure prophecy that says, “with stammering lips and another tongue will HE God speak to HIS people (this is another prophecy with sub-text [dual literal meanings]).” Isaiah predicted the Gift of Tongues and at the same time explained what it was—God, speaking to his people. 

In John chapter 10, Jesus predicted the final use of the Gift of Tongues. The Age of Grace began with the Gift of Tongues, and it will end with the Gift of Tongues Forbid not to speak with tongues…1 Corinthians 14:39. The Age of Grace (time of “Christ in You) was launched on the Day of Pentecost (Feast of Weeks/Shavuot), with the the Holy Spirit descending upon and taking up residence within each of the 120 believers who had been in the upper room waiting for The Promise of the Father Acts 1:4-5, 2:1-11. On the Day of Pentecost, for the very first time, the dual miracles of speaking in tongues and hearing in dialects was manifested. The result was that three thousand people got saved. 

The first Gospel message [after the Resurrection] was proclaimed by Mary the Magdalene, and eleven people believed. The second Gospel message was proclaimed by 120 women and men (judging by the ratio of men to women at the foot of The Cross [those remaining loyal to Jesus to the very end], the 120 preachers on the Day of Pentecost was likely composed of more women than men). The 120 proclaimed the wonderful works of God…in tongues—not dialects/earthly languages—but rather in heteros glossa (strange tongues of a different sort).

The 120 were speaking in the tongues of angels (Heavenly languages 1 Corinthians 13:1, 14:). However, each person listening (representing at least 18 different countries and languages) heard the Gospel message in dialektos [earthly languages or dialects]. There was a dual miracle, here, ob both speaking and hearing.

The Age of Grace began with the miracle of the Gift of Tongues and it will be consummated with the miracle of the Gift of Tongues. Only this time there will be only one person speaking—Jesus. And the multiplied millions of hearers will already be saved. Jesus will speak, returning with a great shout [in whatever language will be spoken in his Kingdom Isaiah 28:11, Zephaniah 3:9], and every believer [first the dead followed by those who are alive and remain] will hear their name as the Good Shepherd CALLS them OUT. What will he say to the Called-Out? First, the dead and the living will each hear their own names being called. Won’t that grab our attention! Then Jesus will shout, “COME UP HERE!”  John 11:43, Revelation 4:1

…and leads them OUT …1 Thessalonians 4:15-18, Revelation 4:1-3

...And so shall we ever be with the Lord….

[2] Believers can be excommunicated from fellowship with other Christians, but Christian leaders have no power to excommunicate any believer from eternal life.
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Revelation 3 commentary


   
    1-2:[1] And to the messenger of the Called-out in Sardis write These things says HE THAT HAS THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD [2] AND THE SEVEN STARS I know your works that you have a name that you live yet are becoming dead Matthew 8:22, James 2:14-26 Be watching and strengthen the others who are about to die for I have not found your acts having been completed in the sight of God scrTR 3: Remember therefore how you have received and heard and hold fast and repent If therefore you shall not watch I will come on you as a thief and you shall not perceive what hour I arrive upon you[3] 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 4: You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments and they shall walk with me in white for they are worthy 5: They that overcome the same shall be clothed in white raiment and I will not blot out their names out of the Book of Life[4] but I will confess their names before my Father and before his angels 6: They that have ears let them hear what the Spirit says to the Called-out 7: And to the messenger of the Called-out in Philadelphia write These things says HE THAT IS HOLY HE THAT IS TRUE HE THAT HAS THE KEY OF DAVID Isaiah 22:17-[22]-25  HE THAT OPENS AND NO ONE SHUTS AND SHUTS AND NO ONE OPENS 8: I know your works perceive [that] I have set before you an open door and no one can shut it that you have a little power and have kept my word and have not dis-owned my name 9: Behold I will make them of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not but do lie see [that] I will make them to come and worship before your feet Matthew 19:28-30, 24:13-23, Luke 19:13-19, 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 and to know that I have loved you  10: Because you have kept the word of my patience I also will keep you out [of] the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world[5] to test them that dwell in the land[6] 11: Behold [I] come quickly Hold fast [that] which you have that no one take your [victor’s] wreath crown/prize 12: Them that get the victory will I make pillars in the temple of my God and they shall go no more out and I will write upon them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God which is New Jerusalem which comes down out of Heaven from my God and I will write upon them my new name 13: They that have ears let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Called-out 14: And to the messenger of the Called-out of the Laodiceans write These things says THE AMEN[7] THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE MARTYR[8] THE SOURCE OF CREATION  THE GOD 15: I know your works that you are neither cold nor hot I prefer [that] you were [either] cold or hot 16: So then because you are tepid and neither cold nor hot I will spew you out of my mouth[9] 17: Because you say I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and perceive not that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked 18: I counsel you to buy of me gold refined from fire that you may be rich and that you may be clothed [with] white raiment and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear disappear? and anoint your eyes with eye-salve that you may see [clearly] 19: As many as I love I call to account and discipline Psalm 94:12-13, Hebrews 12:4-17 so be zealous [for righteousness] and repent 20: Behold I stand at the door and knock if any hear my voice and open the door I will come in to them and will dine with them and they with me 21: To them that overcome will I grant to sit with me in my throne rule and reign with me even as I also overcame and am set down with rule and reign with my Father in his throne 22: They that hath ears let them hear what the Spirit says to the Called-out

[1] Punctuation, chapter, and verse segmentation was added long after the scriptures were written. They are helpful up to a point but often cloud [or cast misunderstanding upon] the meaning some passages. This commentary has done away with most punctuation, but most verse numbers are left intact except in certain cases like verses :1-2 of Revelation chapter three.
[2] See footnote in Revelation 1:4 of this blog
[3] This can only be a reference to the Rapture and not the 2nd Coming. At the 2nd Coming of Christ, every eye will see him and understand exactly what they are seeing. At the Rapture, many will not. Though the Rapture will not be secret, there will be many who by choice refuse to perceive what has happened. Graves will be opened, the dead raised, and those in Christ who are alive and remain will disappear before the very eyes of many as they are caught up to join the resurrected ones and meet the Lord in the air. Many who are left behind will deny what has taken place. Those who are not “In Christ” [though they profess themselves to be] will be caught by surprise; the day will come upon them as a thief. They will refuse to perceive and accept what has happened, and, to their eternal doom, will embrace the lie 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, 5:1-9, 2 Thessalonians 2:2-12. 
[5] The Bible phrase “the whole world” or “all the world,” could mean the entire earth but does not necessarily mean so. Some examples of only part of the earth being called the “whole world” include:  Luke 2:1, Acts 11:28, 17:6, 19:27, 24:5, Romans 10:18. But Jesus did say a time of trial was coming that would effect the entire world. His wording left no doubt that he was not speaking of region upheaval but clearly global. And he commanded his followers to pray that they would be counted worthy to escape all the terrors that would come as a snare upon those who would not see it coming. Why will they not see it coming? Because they will refuse to believe what is written  Luke 21:33-36.  John Bunyan wrote an awesome allegory about literal truths found in the Bible. What a tragedy that, today, many believe the Bible itself to be an allegory. That would mean John Bunyan wrote an allegory about an allegory—Which he did not. If that had been the case, then understanding the truth of the allegories in Pilgrim’s Progress would be an utter impossibility. Though the Bible features some allegorical illustrations, such as the parable of the sower, these always illustrate literal truths.  Any allegorical [illustrative], symbolic, or figurative speech found in the Bible is also defined within the Bible itself. 
[6] The Great Tribulation Matthew 24:21-22 is a time of trial coming upon the whole earth, and one of its purposes is to test them “that dwell in The Land.” The congregations in Asia were composed of Jews who had been dispersed into Asia Acts 2:5-10, 1 Peter 1:1-2 These understood that the reference [in The Revelation] to “The Land” was a reference to the land of Israel—The Promised Land Psalm 37:3 . The Great Tribulation is called by another name in the Old Testament. Jeremiah, under the direct inspiration of God, called it, “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble.” Jeremiah 30:7. Though Christians are called the spiritual “Seed of Abraham,” New Covenant believers are never called “Jacob” Jeremiah 30:10. We would be remiss to overlook the many overtly Jewish aspects of The Revelation. 
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[7] Amen is a Hebrew word meaning: so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled. It was a custom, which passed over from the synagogues to the Christian assemblies, that when they who had read or discoursed, had offered up solemn prayer to God, the others responded Amen, and thus made the substance of what was uttered their own. Jesus is THE AMEN, meaning he stands behind his Word, whether it be his Word about coming again or his Word that says his ears are open to our prayers. If THE AMEN stands behind his Word, that means we can stand on it. 
[8] 24: They said therefore among themselves Let us not rend it but cast lots for it whose it shall be that the scripture might be fulfilled which saith They parted my raiment among them and for my vesture they did cast lots These things therefore the soldiers did
Matthew fills in the gap between what happened during the time the soldiers cast lots for his clothes and what happened next. Darkness covered the land while Jesus hung there suffering for three hours—waiting for the sins of the world to be laid on him.  
(Matthew 27:45-46)
25: Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother and his mother's sister Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene 26: When Jesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple standing by whom he loved he saith unto his mother Woman, behold thy son! 27: Then saith he to the disciple Behold thy mother And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home 28: After this Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst 29: Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar and they filled a sponge with vinegar and put it upon hyssop and put it to his mouth 30: When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said It is FINISHED Paid! and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost

[9] The Call-out in Laodicea were not “on fire for Jesus,” a condition in which God might have been able to deal with them from his Word and by his SPIRIT to temper any over-zealousness that might have been present [but was not]. Likewise, if their hearts had been cold to the things of God, he may have been able to deal with them to repent of attitudes that led to such coldness. Sadly, that was not the case either. The Called-out in Laodicea just did not care. They were in the precarious position of “straddling the fence….” positioned to not just fall away but to be vehemently cast away—forcefully vomited or spewed—out of God’s mouth.   
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