And in doing it, he lays down his life for the sheep. Three wolves that Jesus lays down his life to save us from. Sin is a wolf that destroys the world and cuts us off from God. And Jesus came into the world to draw the wolf of sin off the world onto himself, and do die in the place of his sheep. The second and third wolves are death and divine judgment.
Death is a great destroyer.
It attacks and destroys everyone, great and small, rich and poor, men and women, every race, every creed. It is an omnivorous wolf of destruction. Death does not destroy by ending what we had planned in this life and leading to nothingness. But Jesus is not a weak shepherd. When those two wolves threaten his sheep he lays down his life to destroy them and to save us from them.