Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Today we finished our 12th book of the Bible.

Congratulations!

Today David continues making preparations for the first temple to be built and even though

this is God's house and David's doing the planning, it's commonly referred to as Solomon's

temple since he's the one who actually built it.

We start out with the gatekeepers.

This is an incredibly important role.

They are Jerusalem's first line of defense against attack, so these men need to be agile

and vigilant.

There are lots of gates in the city all around the walls, so there need to be lots of gatekeepers

as well.

And if you recall, scripture regards east as the direction of holiness, so not only with

the temple itself face east, but the gate of highest honor and the one that requires the

most guards is the eastern gate.

It's also known as the King's Gate.

And scripture tells us this is the gate Jesus will return through when he comes back to

earth at his second coming.

And you may recall that it's the gate the local Muslims have currently sealed off with

concrete, and they built a cemetery in front of it in order to prevent the Jewish Messiah

from coming through.

I don't expect that to stand a chance against him.

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