The goats do not know the shepherd. Obviously they must know the goat-herder. No wonder, then, that some people are filled with the most wonderful feelings of love and spiritual edification at the voice of the shepherd, or the whisperings of the Holy Ghost, while others feel rage and other negative emotions.

Everyone's a winner. Jesus said that he laid down his life for the sheep. Not for the goats, the sheep! Does this mean that there is one class of people that will have nothing to gain by the sacrifice of Jesus? No, even the goats will have something to gain from the gifts of Jesus.

The sacrifice of Jesus consisted of two parts, symbolized by the bread and the wine at the last supper.

The bread symbolized the body of Jesus, or, that he gave his mortal body as a sacrifice to die, so that he could reclaim it in the resurrection, and thus break the bonds of death.

The wine symbolized the blood of Jesus, or, that he let his blood be spilt as a proxy for man, who could not, in and of themselves reclaim physical life because of their own sins. The blood, (symbolized by the wine) was spilt for all those who would repent of their sins and enter into the waters of baptism, and thus be born again. The wine therefore symbolizes the forgiveness of sins of everyone who will repent and be baptized;

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5)

The resurrection of the physical body is a gift to sheep and goat alike. This is represented by the bread, or the body of Jesus.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Cor 15:22)

Even so in Christ shall all be made alive. This is the difference between immortality and eternal life.

Immortality is the never-ending life, body and spirit reunited, never again to be separated. But this is only one small part of the kind of life that God, Jesus and all repented saints will enjoy as they endure to the end.

The life of the most blessed is called Eternal Life, and does not refer to the duration of the life, but it refers to the fact that it is the life of the Eternal God, the Eternal Christ, and the eternally blessed Saints of God. To have eternal life includes immortality, but immortality doesn’t necessarily include eternal life.

The Good Shepherd proclaimed that he had other sheep than the ones he was with at that time. He said that these other groups of sheep would hear his voice also, so that he could bring them also to the fold. What did he mean by that? It appears that he did visit other parts of the world after his resurrection. There are old stories told in many parts of the world about Jesus coming to visit them. But until stories like these get verified by actual records, we can only look at such stories with curiosity, and wonder who "The Other Sheep" really were:

16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. (John 10:16)