Gate 1 - The Sheep Gate
SHEEP GATE: Jesus, sacrificial lamb of God = restoration
(Nehemiah 3:1) Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel. (NIV)
(Nehemiah 3:1) Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel. (NIV)
The first gate to be rebuilt was the Sheep Gate. This was reconstructed by the High Priest and other priests. It is the only gate that was consecrated, possibly because it was the gate where the sheep and lambs for sacrifices were brought through. This shows that the first priority of the people at the time was to restore the gate that would help them restore worship.
Our priority is to be a living sacrifice of praise.
Romans 12:1 “Therefore I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship.” (NIV)
The Sheep Gate is representative of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who came to the world to take away our sins. In the Old Testament, multiple sacrifices were required to cleanse the people of their sins. Christ’s sacrifice was once and for all. He is the ultimate sacrifice and His blood redeemed us.
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (NIV)
Psalm 100:1-5 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his, we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.5 For
the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (NIV)
Romans 8:19-21 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. (NIV)
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: the old has gone, the new has come! (NIV)
Thank you for your prayers and proclamations. Let us thank the God of Heaven He has opened a way to hear our prayers though His Son, Jesus Christ, who is The Way, The Truth, The Life (John 14:6) and The Resurrection (John 11:25)
All scripture references used on this website are taken from the 'New International Version' of the Bible (NIV) unless otherwise stipulated