THE TEN GATES OF JERUSALEM

                                                             LUKE 24:25-32, ISAIAH 60:18, NEHEMIAH 3:1

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE SHEEP GATE – SALVATION [Nehemiah 3:1, John 1:29, 10:29]

-this gate represents the One Entrance into the presence of God

-large preacher illustration – John 10:1

II. THE FISH GATE – SERVICE [Nehemiah 3:3]

-God has called all of us to be “fishers of men” – Mk. 1:17

-strangely this work suffered [Nehemiah 3:5]

III. THE OLD GATE – ABIDING [Nehemiah 3:6, Jer. 6:16]

-God’s standards have not changed [Acts 17:21]

IV. THE VALLEY GATE – HUMILITY [Nehemiah 3:13, Phil. 2:5ff, James 4:6, 1 Pet. 5:6]

V. THE DUNG GATE – DEDICATION & CLEANSING [Nehemiah 3:14, Phil. 3:7-9]

VI. THE FOUNTAIN GATE – THE FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT [Nehemiah 3:15, Eph. 5:14-20]

-be controlled, fellow prayed “Lord fill me again” “Don’t Lord, he leaks!”

VII. THE WATER GATE – THE SCRIPTURE [Nehemiah 3:26, Ps. 19:7-11, Eph. 5:26]

-NO repairs=God’s Word is Perfect, 7 is the number of perfection/completion

VIII. THE HORSE GATE – SPIRITUAL WARFARE [Nehemiah 3:28, Jer. 12:15, Eph. 6:10ff]

IX. THE EAST GATE – SECOND COMING [Ne. 3:29; Eze. 10:16-22, 43:1-5, 40:6, 42:15, 44:1-4, 46:1ff.; Mt. 24:27]

X. THE GATE MIPHKAD – AN APPOINTMENT, A MANDATE [Neh. 3:31, 1 Cor. 5:10, Rev. 20:11-15]

v. 32… back to the Sheep Gate – ALPHA & OMEGA [Revelation 1:8, 11; 21:6, 22:13]