EAST GATE 🚪
Nehemiah 3:29 After them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
The East Gate led directly to the temple and is probably what we know today as the Golden Gate. Tradition says that Jesus entered the temple on Palm Sunday through this gate. In the sixteenth century, the gate was sealed up with blocks of stone by the Turkish sultan, Sulayman the Magnificent. Jewish and Christian tradition both connect the Golden Gate with the coming of the Messiah to Jerusalem.
So, we have every reason to associate this gate with the coming of the Lord. This gate reminds us that Jesus Christ will return soon. Therefore we must be ready at all times.
🔆1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.🔆
🔆 APPLICATION 🔆
👀 Are you watching the east gate?
👀 Are you looking for Christ's return?
💪 Are you ready or will you be caught unprepared?
✅ Whether you will you be confident or ashamed depends on your personal relationship with Christ?
✅ Are you continually abiding in Him?
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