Maybe they'll slap charges for failure to pay taxes on only the 400 gs, so they'll clean the slate, and that's the end of it. Been suspicious of this.
Christ was announcing the Gospel to Israel. The "other sheep" are the Gentiles who also belong to his Body. Ephesians talks about making two into one new man, united by the cross, those "near" (the believing Jews), and those "far" (the believing Gentiles).
Things to consider, fellow Christian:
Christ died for the sins of His people,
dying here on this planet,
for the people of His on this planet.
Were there sentient beings elsewhere, we would conclude:
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None others are sinners, since Christ died only once, and that God being the only righteous Being is a lie.
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Or being sinners, Christ must have died, and will die, many more times than once. Scripture says He died once.
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Or being sinners, there is more than one Christ, each of whom must died for the sentient beings, if sinners, on those other planets.
As to other types of creatures, non-sentient, non-humanoid, none others made in God's image, and considering Christ died once, for His people on this planet only,
demonstrating no other similar sentient beings as sinners,
nor others as not sinners, since only God is righteous (does not sin);
and considering all other creatures were made for the pleasure and survival of man;
we would then have to ask, What would be the purpose for creatures elsewhere, for the lack of others for whom to be the source of pleasure/survival?
One consideration is that if there were other creatures on other planets, perhaps those are also created for the pleasure/survival of man, who is of this planet.
Christ the Man died.
Christ was and is God the Word.
It is God the Word who did not die.
God the Word was the High Priest of our salvation,
offering His own flesh to die,
since the wages of sin is death.
God the Word gave up His flesh to die in the place of His people to pay the debt of their sins. Had God the Word not offered His flesh,
giving it over to death,
their debts are not remitted,
and they are still in their sins.
Yes, Christ died.