Title: Sheep

Topic: Salvation

Summary: We often use "sheep" to mean people who are stupid and gullible. Yet Scripture says the best people are "sheep." What does this mean?

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Matthew 25:31, 41
Exodus 23:2
Psalms 79:13; 95:7; 100:3
Isaiah 53:6-7
1 Peter 2:18, 21
Psalms 23; 119:76
Jeremiah 50:6, 17, 19
Ezekiel 34:30-31
Zechariah 13:7
Matthew 10:12; 12:9; 15:24; 26:31; 18:10
Luke 15:1
John 10:1-24

The city of "Sodom", in the Bible, represents the love of self and the love of ruling or dominating others springing from the love of self. This is why it is depicted as such an evil place, and why it was utterly destroyed by God.

This is not, of course, the usual association people have with Sodom; it has long been connected to homosexuality because in Genesis 19 the men of the city tried to rape the male angels who were visiting Lot. But if you think about it, it makes sense. Experts regard rape as a crime of violence and domination more than a crime of sexual desire. The fact that Lot offered his daughters as an alternative indicates that he thought that the men of the city were not picky about who they dominated and violated. Their chief pleasure was in the domination. All stories about adultery in the Bible -- from the more mild up to and including the intended homosexual gang rape in Sodom -- are actually depictions of selfishness in various forms.