In Bible times, the shepherd would create a home for the sheep by dragging thick thorn bushes into a circle, to create a “fold” or corral around the sheep.  But he would leave an opening so the sheep could get in and back out the next morning.  Then the shepherd would lay down across the opening to sleep at night, literally becoming the “door” to the sheepfold. If a bear or wolf approached the barrier, the thorns of the sheepfold would prick them.  But if they were persistent, they could nose around until they actually found the “door.”  Many shepherds were found dead at the entrance of their sheepfolds. And this is exactly what Jesus actually did for us.  The Good Shepherd laid down His life for the sheep.

Jesus said that He was the Door of the Sheepfold. There is only one way to enter this house He is preparing for us, where we will dwell forever, and that way is through Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd. He bodily declared, “I am the door: by Me if any man should enter in, he shall be saved and shall go in and out, and find pasture” (John 10:9). When we get settled into our new home, there will never be a desire to move to a new location the way we often do. "And we will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" (Psalm 23:6b).