The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

patrolling the gates were combined peacekeepers and soldiers. In times of war, attacking kings strove to enter the city by the gate. To do so meant his army had conquered their enemies inside and he was no longer barred from taking over. The previous inhabitants controlling the city and its contents were subdued. It is this symbolism that comes forth in Jesus’ admonishment to strive to enter in the narrow gate (Matthew 7:13). Gate strategy was paramount in a ancient war campaigns. Metaphorically, it was understood in antiquity that once a king entered the city by the gate he had access and control of all its wealth, commerce, and resources, having seized full authority over the land. To break through the enemy’s gate was a major triumph and all warring kings looked forward to it. See the Almighty’s prophecy to King Cyrus regarding the gates and double doors in Isaiah 45:1. Fortified cities had gates that served many purposes. They were often designed to house guards, store siege supplies, and hold off enemy invaders. Gates were also where business was transacted, courts convened, and where diplomatic figures resorted to carry out political affairs. To prophetically dream gates or to see them in prayer indicates the Lord’s introduction to a higher more authoritative course of life. Generally an elevation in business, politics, or even spiritual warfare is foreshadowed. Gate symbology goes all the way back to eternity as Job 38:17 speaks of them in the underworld and Genesis 28:17 speaks of them in heaven in Creator God’s domain. There is also the reference to the twelve gates to God’s New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:12, 21. A synonym for gate is portal. It has the same connotation but with more spherical implications in mind. See Portal. 553. Gateway—A) The doorway, or portal, that allows entrance into a city, palace, or other stronghold of dominion. B) The opening of a portal between God’s visible and invisible worlds. Jacob’s ladder is one such portal, as the newly inducted patriarch of God’s kingdom was introduced to the powers and resources that would attend him as God’s covenanted one. Jesus said that He had a similar provision from a divine portal that supplied yet more preponderous resources for His ministry. The prophet Ezekiel said in his prophecy that Jerusalem is the site of the God’s temple and throne (Ezekiel 44:6). It resides there, spiritually and spherically. That makes it the gateway of eternity through which the blessings and provisions of God stream into the earth, which says why He gave the land to His covenant people. While the reality may have little impact on the modern