The gate to hades hercules disney7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Once the spiritual nature of this is grasped, then it’s easy to see how various symbolic ‘gates’ have been clanged shut to keep people in. That is why the gates of Hades cannot triumph over Christ’s Church, because his Church is comprised of called-out-ones, liberated by the Holy Spirit and the fact that the risen Christ has the keys of Hades and of death – Revelation 2:18. Opening of the prison to them that are bound.” (Luke 4:18 Emphasis The brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the Me to preach good tidings unto the meek he hath sent me to bind up “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed Ah, but Christ came into this prison of a sinful world to fulfil the prophecy in Isaiah 61:1-3. He would never let them out and they could never by any manner or means effect their own escape. He likened the world of humanity held captive in the wicked one’s grasp to being his prisoners, behind which diabolos had slammed shut his various gates of Hades. ![]() I found three consecutive monthly magazines of a Baptist church in Portsmouth, dated September to November 1997, where “The Gates of Hades” were delineated by the pastor, Guy R. mention of “gates”, only to show that they have symbolic meaning, such as in Psalm 24:7 & 9 - “Lift up your heads, O ye gates even lift them up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in.” Literal gates do not have literal heads that can be lifted up to see the approaching King. Which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” (vs.27)ĭoes this link in with what Jesus said about the gates of Hades never prevailing against his Church (which is identified as that Holy City, New Jerusalem, in Revelation 21:9-10 – also called the bride of the Lamb.)? The contrast is there, and from such contrasts the answer to the question can be formed. Neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, Their identity debars them, not symbolic gates that are never closed: Does that mean they are shut at night? No, for the sentence continues, “for there shall be no night there.” This is clearly symbolic language, and not literal, for these 12 pearly gates are never shut at all, but none of the people in verse 8 can ever walk freely through them. Yet vs.25 states that “the gates shall not be shut at all by day”. 8, no entrance will ever be gained to the heavenly City, not for all eternity to come. What’s more, the function of these 12 gates is detailed as both allowing people in, and keeping people out. This makes it clear that each of the 12 gates of the City, New Jerusalem, comprise one gate each. Had there been 12 pairs of gates, 24 pearls would have needed to be mentioned, or saying that each pearl was split in half. In this instance, the visionary gates which Christ showed the apostle John, are spoken of and seen in the plural (“had twelve gates”) but they do not comprise a set of paired gates per entrance. “And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, every several gate was of The 12 gates are described, leaving us in no doubt that they number 12, and not 24: Yet those gates are singular entrances, making 12 entrances. There are four walls of equal length and height, three gates set into each side. This is where mention of the walled city of the New Jerusalem, descending from heaven, provides a few clues. However, there could be more to it than that. Certainly, yes, Jesus could have been using ‘gates’ in the sense of only one opening in and out of one entrance, with two gates. A fair comment was made in wondering if the answer “could be as simple as a pair of gates forming a single entrance”. But a search has produced something, which, in tun, made me think. This is a query I’ve never spotted anywhere else, anywhere, so there’s very little material I can find on the subject. ![]()
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