Earthly shepherds abandon the sheep with no one looking for them. 

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“My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.” Ezekiel 34:6

In 70AD, Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman general, Titus, who became the Roman Emperor after that. The Jewish people were scattered and dispersed over the whole face of the earth. They were alienated from the land of Israel until 1948, when Israel was declared the State of Israel and all the Jewish people regathered there. Between the period of 70AD and 1948, there were no Jewish leaders seeking for the Jewish people to bring them together again.

Between that same period of time of 70AD and 1948, Jesus Christ was searching for His sheep, and His Gospel spread over the whole face of the earth. While the Jewish people continue to reject Jesus Christ to this day, the population of Christianity has multiplied all across the globe.

Before the coming of Jesus Christ, His sheep were scattered over the whole face of the earth. Jesus Christ describes who His sheep are in this way, “‘My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27 The Jewish people do not hear His voice, do not know Him, nor do they follow Him. We Christians hear His voice, He knows us, and we follow Him. Jesus Christ is the only one who cared enough to bring a message of forgiveness, repentance, and Salvation to every person in every city across the globe and being Jewish was not a requirement. No one else was searching for them. This is the Gospel Message, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11