ISRAEL’S SHEPHERD KING
Pastor J. C. O’Hair
As we study the outline of the Gospel of
Luke, let us think of the Twenty-third Psalm, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall
not want.” Also read Jeremiah 50:6 concerning Israel, the lost sheep of Jehovah
and the Prophecy in Ezekiel in 34:11 and 12, how the Shepherd will come and
seek them and when they are found God will put a Shepherd over them. (Ezekiel
37:24).
Note Isaiah 40:10 and 11: “Behold, the
Lord God will come with strong hand, and His arm shall rule for Him: behold,
His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. He shall feed His flock like a
shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom,
and shall gently feed those that are with young.”
Christ is the Good Shepherd, Who gave His
life for the sheep. (John 10:11). He is the Great Shepherd and the Chief
Shepherd, (Hebrews 13:20 and 21 - I Peter 5:4).
We know that David was the hero of those
shepherds who kept their flock. David was Israel’s shepherd-king and surely a
type of the Lord Jesus Christ. Both David and Christ were born in Bethlehem
“the city of David.” This was announced to the shepherds. (Luke 2:11 to 16).
Only in Luke do we have the announcement
of Luke 1:27 to 33 that Christ is to be born in the city of David, in the house
of David, as the Seed of David, to take the throne of David.
The Shepherd seeks His sheep, He came to
seek and to save the lost sheep of Israel, even the publicans. (Luke 19:9 and
10). The shepherd drives off the destroyers of the sheep. Christ was the Horn
of salvation raised up in the house of David to deliver Israel from Gentile
subjugation. (Luke 1:68 to 71).
With such a Shepherd the sheep were thus
instructed: “he that hath two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and
he that hath meat, let him do likewise.” Luke 3:11.” Take nothing for your
journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have
two coats apiece.” (Luke 9:3). “Carry neither purse nor scrip, nor shoes: and
salute no man by the way.” (Luke 10:4)
“. . . take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat, neither for the body, what ye shall put on.” (Luke 12:22).
“And seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of
doubtful mind.” (Luke 12:29).
Finally the Shepherd-King said to His
sheep, “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give
you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags
which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief
approacheth, neither moth corrupted.” (Luke 12:32 and 33).
With such a program they had to say, “The
Lord is My Shepherd.”
Then only in Luke 15:1 to 6 do we find in
detail one of the greatest stories of all ages: “What man of you, having a
hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in
the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he
hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.” Luke 15:4 and 5. Thus
we can see how the Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke is Israel’s
Shepherd-King.
In Luke we do not find the Gentile woman
of Mark 7:27 and Matthew 15:21 to 25, coming to the Shepherd.
The only Gentile in Luke is the Roman
official, who built a synagogue for Israel and who would not dare to come to Israel’s
King except through one of the Shepherd’s sheep. (Luke 7:1 to 12).
After this study surely we will not call
Luke a Gentile, and follow those who call Luke’s Gospel, “the Gentile Gospel.”
Christ was sent in Luke, to the sons and daughters of Abraham. (Luke 13:16 -
Luke 19:9 and 10).
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