Moses tells his people in Deuteronomy 30:19, “I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life, that you and your descendants may live!” Jesus, ever the good rabbi, speaks according to the Gospel of John, about thieves that jump over walls into sheep pens in order to rob, kill, and destroy. He says to his human flock that he has come so that this thievery may not happen to them, but rather they might, “ have life…and have it more abundantly.” In the Torah, it is a dichotomy of death and life. To Jesus it is a...
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