John 10:21-30
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:52 am22 Then there was the feast of dedication in Jerusalem – it was winter – 23 and Yahshua walked about in the temple on the porch of Solomon. 24 Then the Judaeans surrounded Him and said to Him: “How long do You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, speak to us openly!” 25 Yahshua replied to them: “I have spoken to you and you do not believe! The works which I do in the name of My Father, these things testify concerning Me. 26 But you do not believe, because you are not My sheep! 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them and they follow Me, 28 and I give to them eternal life and they are not lost forever and one shall not snatch them from My hand. 29 My Father who gave them to Me is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them from the hand of the Father! 30 I and the Father are One!”
How does one harmonize these verses with the fact that not all Israelites accept Christ in this lifetime? It would seem to me that the sheep can only hear the voice of Christ when Yahweh removes the blinders and sometimes Yahweh keeps the blinders on so that His will be done. Of course ultimately every knee shall bow and thus every blinder will be removed. So is verse 27 meant to be understood in a futuristic, "when it's all said and done" sense only?
Jesus told the jews that their immediate rejection proved that they weren't sheep. Wouldn't that have caused the new Christians to suspect blinded, Christ rejecting Israelites of being Edomite kikes since they too rejected Him?