It is obviously very offensive to the Baptists to take away their 'sheephood'. It has actually been deemed "ridiculously dumb" to say that Israel is sheep and we (the church, his body) are not sheep. Even Ruckmanites reject this division between Israel and the church. One hundred eighty-two Biblical occurrences of the word "sheep" up to John 21:17 are technically old testament references aimed at and regarding Israel. Acts 8:32-33 are old testament references, verse 32 being a quote of Isaiah 53:7. The only time that Paul even mentions sheep is Romans 8:32. (Romans 8:36) "As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." This verse merely says that we are "accounted as sheep for the slaughter." This is in reference to "tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, and sword. Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our...