Title: Close That Gate

Topic: Salvation

Summary: There are two gates to the city of our mind: one toward hell, and one toward heaven. Over time we figure out which is which and close one of the gates.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 22:15-17
Galatians 3:16
Genesis 24:60; 28:17
Deuteronomy 16:18; 28:52
Joshua 2:5-7
2 Samuel 10:8; 18:24
2 Kings 19:32-34
Nehemiah 6:10; 7:1-3; 11:19
Psalms 69:9
John 2:17
Psalms 69:9-12; 118:18-20; 127; 147:12-14
Proverbs 14:19
Isaiah 26:1-2; 28:5-6
Ezekiel 11:1-4; 46:1-2
Zechariah 8:16-17
Matthew 16:15-18
Revelation 3:19-20; 21:24-25

This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.

3260. 'That God blessed Isaac his son' means the start of the representation [of the Lord] by means of Isaac. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'God blessed'. When any task was to be begun it was customary for the ancients to say 'May God bless!' by which was meant the same as by the wish, 'May it be happy and prosperous!' Consequently in the more remote sense by 'May God bless!' as by 'May it be happy and prosperous!' the start was meant, here the start of the representation by means of Isaac, because it follows directly after the ending of the representation by means of Abraham, meant by his death.