Psalm 100:4-5
King James Version
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good;
his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.
How to fortify the gates?
Build it upon JESUS.
As these verses reveal:
Ezekiel 43:1-4
King James Version
43 Afterward he brought me to the gate,
even the gate that looketh toward the east:
2 And, behold,
the glory of the God of Israel
came from the way of the east:
and his voice was like a noise of many waters:
and the earth shined with his glory.
3 And it was according to the appearance
of the vision which I saw,
even according to the vision that I saw
when I came to destroy the city:
and the visions were like the vision
that I saw by the river Chebar;
and I fell upon my face.
4 And the glory of the Lord came into the house
by the way of the gate whose prospect
is toward the east.
Ezekiel 44:1-5
King James Version
44 Then he brought me back the way of the gate
of the outward sanctuary
which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
2 Then said the Lord unto me;
This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened,
and no man shall enter in by it;
because the Lord, the God of Israel,
hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
3 It is for the prince;
the prince, he shall sit in it
to eat bread before the Lord;
he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate,
and shall go out by the way of the same.
4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate
before the house:
and I looked, and, behold,
the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord:
and I fell upon my face.
5 And the Lord said unto me,
Son of man, mark well,
and behold with thine eyes,
and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee
concerning all the ordinances
of the house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof;
and mark well the entering in of the house,
with every going forth of the sanctuary.
Matthew 7:13-14
King James Version
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate,
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate,
and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
Matthew 16:18
King James Version
18 And I say also unto thee,
That thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
John 10:1-5
King James Version
10 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold,
but climbeth up some other way,
the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door
is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth;
and the sheep hear his voice:
and he calleth his own sheep by name,
and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep,
he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him:
for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow,
but will flee from him:
for they know not the voice of strangers.
John 10:7-8
King James Version
7 Then said Jesus unto them again,
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me
are thieves and robbers:
but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10:9
King James Version
9 I am the door:
by me if any man enter in,
he shall be saved,
and shall go in and out,
and find pasture.
John 14:6
King James Version
6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.
Hebrews 13:12
King James Version
12 Wherefore Jesus also,
that he might sanctify the people
with his own blood,
suffered without the gate.
Revelation 1:18
King James Version
18 I am he that liveth, and was dead;
and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;
and have the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation 3:20
King James Version
20 Behold,
I stand at the door, and knock:
if any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him,
and he with me.
Revelation 21:10-13
King James Version
10 And he carried me away in the spirit
to a great and high mountain,
and shewed me that great city,
the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God:
and her light was like unto a stone most precious,
even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high,
and had twelve gates,
and at the gates twelve angels,
and names written thereon,
which are the names of the twelve tribes
of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates;
on the north three gates;
on the south three gates;
and on the west three gates.
Revelation 21:21
King James Version
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls:
every several gate was of one pearl:
and the street of the city was pure gold,
as it were transparent glass.
Revelation 21:25-27
King James Version
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day:
for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring
the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it
any thing that defileth,
neither whatsoever worketh abomination,
or maketh a lie:
but they which are written
in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 22:14-15
King James Version
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers,
and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters,
and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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