Fishin'

I've often wondered, of all the symbols that could be used, why did Jesus choose to make us 'fishers of men'? That implies that men are fish, naturally, and fishermen. It's odd, considering we are also sheep and sometimes shepherds. It also made me curious to see if there were any references to this in the Old Testament.

Eze 47:9-10
(9) And it shall be, every soul that lives, which swarms in every place, there where the two torrents go, that soul shall live. And there shall be very many fish, because these waters shall come there. And they shall be healed. And all shall live there where the torrent goes.
(10) And it will be, the fishermen shall stand on it; from En-gedi even to En-eglaim, a spreading place for nets shall be there; their fish shall be by its kind, like the fish of the Great Sea, very many.

This is Ezekiel speaking of the End Times when the Mount of Olives splits in two and a great torrent of water rushes from the east side of the temple, running into the DEAD SEA and healing it. That is just too perfect. There's got to be more to it than that, right?

Of course, this is going to happen in the literal. But the torrent is also the Spirit of God. Where the Spirit goes, all shall live. Where did Jesus go that He did not heal EVERYONE? Very many kinds of fish, all there for the catching. Are we talking about fish, really? Yes, and no. We're also talking about fishers-of-men.

They spread their nets to catch fish. We spread the Gospel to catch men. The word for 'nets' is 'cherem', which means "a devoted thing that should have been destroyed". Doesn't that sound like our Savior? The enemy sure thought He was destroyed, didn't he. The Word continually proves its divine inspiration.