God judges those who claim Him as their Lord and Savior. He sees the heart of man and convicts him of his sins which produces change. We, as believers, are precept by precept, changed into the moral character of the Christ. It will be completed in God’s Kingdom. Until then it is our duty to study and listen to that still, small voice inside us to be approved. God loves us with an agape love but He is holy and will not allow us to stay in sin.
His ultimate will is that no man perish.
We must do our part to see that as many as He places in our path hear of His goodness, mercy and salvation He offers in Jesus Christ to all of His creation.
The role of shepherd will be returned to the Davidic Messiah, who will care for God’s sheep properly. Jesus fulfills that role. Faithlife Bible.
The change from the pronoun I to he in this verse indicates that God would continue operating as the Chief Shepherd through this chosen future ruler from the Davidic line. He is the Messiah—God’s only Son and His servant. NKJ Bible.
Ezekiel 34:20–24 (NKJV)
20 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: “Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. 21 Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad, 22 therefore I will save My flock, and they shall no longer be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
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