317 - Close That Gate
By Jonathan S. Rose
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.
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 9/27/2017. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Joshua 2:5-7
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It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know. Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them."
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But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
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The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
