Yeshua Ha-mashiach said I Am the door and the other ways are used by thieves (that go directly after your possessions) and robbers (that go after your possessions even if they have to hurt you to get them).
Doors and Gates are a great invention ; a way through to something that would otherwise be impossible to get to, but just because there is a door, it doesn’t mean that they are always passable; and we expect that they shouldn’t be. Remember the garden after man’s bad dietary choice ( whew; some of that stuff will kill you).
Genesis 3: 24He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
A door/gate limits access at the very least, and denies passage to some; because of their actions. We have seen how G-D addressed the problem, there was no way in, and he made a way for those that would choose life.
We have doors and keys for the locks, we have pass-codes and pin numbers, all for our protection and peace. What about as a nation, should the same ideas apply?
Nehemiah can give us a look at what happens when you may decide that your place and your people have value; and that they should be treated properly. (It’s not a sin to have something)
Nehemiah17Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
As we can read about what happened. When even the talk of building a wall ( limiting access) was mentioned, those that hated the Jewish people immediately got angry and began to oppose with increasingly violent actions. Please read the whole account, but for now we will jump toward the end, and stop on the Sabbath and see that Nehemiah stopped the access to those that wanted to do as they pleased, without respect for the laws of the land.
Even with a wall and gates ( different gates for different things ) there is still access for those that just wanted to fit in and enjoy the stability of a sound way of life. The wall and gates; however were still closed to those that only wanted to do harm. Peace can be the result, but unlimited and unchecked access will not get to the common good; for anyone.
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