HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN
John 1:10-11 He was in the world,
and the world was
made by him, and the world [masculine
gender] knew him not. 11 He came unto his own [neuter
gender], and his own [masculine gender]
received him not.
UNTO
THE STRAYING SHEEP
Matthew 10:6 But go rather to the lost
(stray) sheep [neuter gender] of the house
of Israel [masculine gender].
His Own, Masculine Gender
His Own, Neuter Gender
His own, masculine,
is the house of Israel
His own, neuter, is
the sheep fold
Christ’s ministry to
Israel is not the same
as His ministry to
His sheep.
Israel can not understand
the word of God
His sheep have
ears to hear and
are able to understand
the word of God.
THESE SHEEP BELONG
TO THE SHEPHERD
Matthew
18:11-12 For the Son of man is come
to
save [restore, (his
sheep)] that which was lost
(out of shepherd control). How think ye?
if a man
have (in
his sheep fold) an hundred sheep,
and
one of them (his
own sheep) be
gone
astray [err] (from
his fold), …