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So, i usually write my blog entries in a big hurry.  I'm noticing that they need some proof-reading and spell-checking.  My apologies to those of you who slog through the entries with improper wording and misspellings.

Jesus is the What, now? (2)

BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: John 10:7, 9-10

9I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Several points here:
1 - life and to the full.  This isn't some ascetic thing. There's joie de vivre implied here.
2 - the gate as a metaphore implies entrance and exit, as does his statement in 9[a].  What do we make of that?  Probably nothing, but ...
3 - he sets himself up in comparison against a thief.  Who's the thief?

If we move on and don't over-isolate on this passage, we see later Jesus makes a comparison that he is the good shepherd.

I get it when the jews say he's raving mad.  Some of these things make my brain hurt.

Jesus is the what, now?

BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: John 6:35

 35Then Jesus declared, "I
am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he
who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Jesus makes all sorts of statements like this throughout his ministry.  What does it mean in real life.

This seems abstract.  My quest is to turn it into something real for myself.