Topics discussed: Who is the thief of John 10:10, false religion, Hanukkah, the regions of hell, and powers & principalities.

Contrary to popular teaching, the thief of John 10:10 is not Satan.

Understand the context.  John 7:1 – John 10:21 is one huge passage occurring at the Feast of Tabernacles.  The original Greek did not have chapter breaks.  At the end of “Chapter 9”, Jesus just healed the man born blind, and the Pharisees ask if they are blind also.  The beginning of “Chapter 10” is a continuation of his response, and he gives 3 separate parables (John 10: 1-6, 7-10, and 11-18) contrasting himself with these false religious leaders.  The only connection to Satan is perhaps the wolf in v12.

 

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-10-1_10-6/ Thieves and robbers (false religious leaders) who are strangers VS. The Shepherd, who knows the sheep and they know him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-x9unPbMWo  (Who is the Thief?)

https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2016/misinterpreting-the-thief-john-10-10 (Misinterpreting the Thief)

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https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-10-7_10-10/ The Thief (false religious leaders), who comes to steal, kill and destroy (profit off the people, and deny/take away the zoe (eternal) life) VS. The Door, whereby we enter in and are freely given the zoe (eternal) life

 

 

 

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ezekiel-Chapter-34/ (Ezekiel 34 condemning the false shepherds of Israel v2-3, 9-11 and prophesying the Good Shepherd Jesus v22-23)

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https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-10-11_10-18/ Hirelings (false religious leaders) who do not care for the sheep and flee upon trouble VS. The Good Shepherd who will lay down his life for the sheep

 

https://www.deviantart.com/12tribesofisrael/art/False-Image-of-Christ-281045578 (False image of Christ prophesied in the Apocryphal book Wisdom of Solomon https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Wisdom-of-Solomon-14-15/ )

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False Religions

 

Judaism – denies that Jesus is the Christ , https://biblehub.com/kjv/1_john/2.htm vs 18-29

Islam – denies that Jesus died on the cross, rather one that appeared to be him , https://quran.com/4/157?translations=22,31

Buddhism – believe in karma, no need for atonement of sin, http://www.goodnewspost.com/false_gospel_of_buddhism.htm

Hinduism – millions of gods (which are actually demons), https://jesustruthdeliverance.com/2019/08/10/christianity-vs-hinduism-comarison/

Roman Catholicism – https://chrc-phila.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/P023.008_web-compressed.pdf (Alberto Rivera, former Jesuit priest revealing some of the secrets of Catholicism – I do disagree with what he says of the Apocrypha, discernment needed)

 

 

Zionist Movement within Christianity – watch out for pastors like John Hagee, who will have you worship secular Israel, more than Jesus, https://www.oneforisrael.org/bible-based-teaching-from-israel/the-risk-of-loving-the-jewish-people-more-than-you-love-the-jewish-messiah/