The whole Book of Leviticus gives instructions on “approaching” God! On “entering into His Gates” properly! (Though the words “gate” or “gates” never appear in the Book, in the King James Version. The whole “concept/principle” is prevalent, for sure.)

This Idea of meeting God at the “Gate,” so frequently illustrated in the Old Testament Tabernacle, also became a main feature of Post Exile (Expulsion) Eden! After Adam and Eve sinned … “Therefore the LORD God sent him (Adam) forth FROM the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So (God) he DROVE OUT the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” Genesis 3:23-24

Anytime thereafter that man met God … it was at this “Gate,” or one like it! This Edenic Gate becomes, Biblically speaking, a “picture/symbol/type” of the Holy of Holies (later in the Tabernacle and still later in the Temple). This Gate east of Eden is likely where Can and Abel came to offer those now famed sacrifices! See Genesis 4:7. It is too the place Adam would have worshipped God for the next few centuries of his life!

The only other place in the entire Pentateuch these “Cherubims” appear … is at the Tabernacle, at the Most Holy Place! At God’s Dwelling Place!

Here we again have Genesis (its early chapters) laying the foundation for the Book of Leviticus, its “fellowshipping” with God Motif!

Meeting God “at the Gate.”

This is parallel to us today “meeting God at Calvary!” At the Place of Bloodshed! Which is indeed the Place of Communion!

For more Gate Theology …

“LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?” Psalm 15:1, meeting God at the Gate!

“Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart.” Psalm 24:3

Wow!

How thankful we should be. That God deigned to meet us, longed to meet us … to love and fellowship and commune with His creation!

Oh, enjoy some time with Him today!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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