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“What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?”
Luke 15:4 KJV
Misconception About Being the Lost One
Did the Shepherd carelessly leave the ninety-nine in an unsafe place to go find His lost “favorite” sheep? I believe the Shepherd first placed the ninety-nine in a safe location before going to look for the one. To the Shepherd, the hundred are simply one hundred “ones” (1x100).
I used to think the Shepherd would have taken the remaining ninety-nine home before going out to search for the one. But it seems He doesn’t take any sheep home until they are all complete (2 Peter 3:9; John 18:9).
Hopefully, the wolves hadn’t gotten to the one before it was found by the Shepherd. If the lost one was still alive, it would have stories to tell—and as the saying goes, “What the eyes saw, the mouth won’t be able to say.” The found one would surely testify about the goodness of the Shepherd and the dangers of wandering without Him.
My question is: where did the Shepherd leave the ninety-nine sheep in the wilderness—or did He? How safe were the ninety-nine if they weren’t taken home?
What do you agree or disagree with? What are your thoughts?