The Eastern Gate
The ground in front of the Eastern Gate of the Temple Mount was still soft from the heavy rains. Confidently, the archaeology student stepped back from the gate to capture its entire view in his camera. It never crossed his mind that on this beautiful spring day of 1969 in Jerusalem, he soon would fall knee-deep into human bones. The present Eastern Gate is located on the eastern wall of the OlGet More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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Dear Peter Colon,
I agree that many Christians, Augustine, and all Roman Catholics believe that Ezek 44:1-2 refers to the Eastern Gate of Jerusalem and that it is proof that Mary was a Perpetual Virgin. But this is impossible and fatally flawed for many reasons:
1. The Eastern gate in Ezekiel is the Eastern Gate of the Temple, not the city of Jerusalem.
2. The Eastern Golden Gate of the City was not sealed (walled up) until hundreds of years after Mary by Suleiman the Muslim Emperor of the Ottoman Empire in 1541. But the biblical meaning of “closed” and “sealed” is completely different. A closed gate can be re-opened and shut over and over. A sealed gate can’t be. Suleiman mistakenly thought by sealing the the Eastern Gate of Jerusalem he could block the Messiah from entering the city when he comes. But he not only got the wrong gate, but even the Eastern Golden Gate of Jerusalem will be breached and multitudes from every nation on earth will enter it during the Millennium, but not a single Muslim.
3. The Temple, and therefore the eastern gate (The Temple) in Ezekiel won’t even exist until the Millennium after Christ physically returns to the earth to set up his Kingdom.
4. The prince in Ezekiel 44 and 45 can’t be Jesus because he makes sacrifices for his sins. But Jesus was without sin. Jesus was the Once and for All Sacrifice for the sins of the world.
5. The prince in Ezekiel goes back and forth through the gate of the inner sanctuary, not just once. So once again, this can’t be Jesus and the gate can’t be Mary as a Perpetual Virgin because this would mean the prince came through the gate only once. But once Christ was born, Joseph entered Mary’s gate over and over.
So the entire Biblical passage alone demolishes the Principality of Roman Catholicism and Mary being the Co-Lamb of God.
also see:
https://www.gotquestions.org/eastern-gate-Jerusalem.html
and
Global Conspiracy to Steal the Land of Israel:
https://studylib.net/doc/25187788/global-conspiracy-to-steal-the-land-of-israel-by-james-su
Shalom,
James
This is good and wonderful
Jesus, come quickly.
Beautiful! Thank you!