23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. 25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods (Ezekiel 34:23-25).
11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine (John 10:11-14).
Ezekiel describes the Messiah as a shepherd like David. Ezekiel wrote this prophecy well after David’s reign and therefore he was clearly describing future events and we know David had long since died. King David (albeit imperfectly) was a foreshadowing of the Christ. So, it is not literally David who would shepherd God’s people, but rather one whom like David was after the same heart as God. We know from the New Testament accounts that this is Christ. Christ is the perfect fulfillment of the Good Shepherd. Christ laid down His life for His sheep. And His sheep hear His voice and follow. The prophet Ezekiel looked forward in time to the coming and reign of the Good Shepherd, the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine (John 10:11-14).
Ezekiel describes the Messiah as a shepherd like David. Ezekiel wrote this prophecy well after David’s reign and therefore he was clearly describing future events and we know David had long since died. King David (albeit imperfectly) was a foreshadowing of the Christ. So, it is not literally David who would shepherd God’s people, but rather one whom like David was after the same heart as God. We know from the New Testament accounts that this is Christ. Christ is the perfect fulfillment of the Good Shepherd. Christ laid down His life for His sheep. And His sheep hear His voice and follow. The prophet Ezekiel looked forward in time to the coming and reign of the Good Shepherd, the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
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