A "shepherd" is the same word as "pastor" in the Greek. See Strong's word 4166
We find "Israel" is all those who will be in the Kingdom of God. We see this in Romans 9:
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED.” 8 6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED.” 8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.
Do not trust man. If you do not know the New Testament and claim to be a believer, you are wide open for deception. I would go a step further. You are deceived already. Do you care? You must know the NT for the sake of your own soul and warn those you love. The most well known Baptist pastor, Charles Stanley, teaches you can live like the devil and still get into the Kingdom of God. If you have to think about this, you are deceived. Repent, and get into the scriptures. Trust no man. Charles Stanley is only one in a multitude of wolves and you better know your bible. Not what some quack says and tickles your ears all the while.
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Ezekiel 34 NASB Prophecy against the Shepherds/Pastors of Israel
1Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, 2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds [pastors] of Israel . Prophesy and say to those shepherds [pastors], ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Woe, shepherds [pastors] of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds [pastors] feed the flock? 3“You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock. 4“Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them. 5“They were scattered for lack of a shepherd [pastor], and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered. 6“My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’”
7Therefore, you shepherds [pastors], hear the word of the LORD: 8“As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd [pastor], and My shepherds [pastors] did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock; 9therefore, you shepherds [pastors], hear the word of the LORD: 10‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against the shepherds [pastors], and I will demand My sheep from them and make them cease from feeding sheep. So the shepherds [pastors] will not feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”
The Restoration of Israel [those who will be in the Kingdom of God] and a warning to the sheep. Some of God's sheep will not enter the Kingdom of God.
11For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12“As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day. 13“I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. 14“I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15“I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest,” declares the Lord GOD. 16“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.
17“As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats. 18‘Is it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet? 19‘As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!’”
20Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21“Because you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, 22therefore, I will deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.
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