“Then at last the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will himself be Israel’s glorious crown. He will be the pride and joy of the remnant of his people. 6: He will give a longing for justice to their judges.
He will give great courage to their warriors who stand at the gates,” (Isaiah 28:5-6 (NLT). What is the spiritual meaning of gates in the Bible? Scripturally, a gate is a place of authority. A gate is where decisions are made; it is where judgments and justice are dispensed and decided.
It is a place of judgment, warfare and justice (Ruth 4:11). A gate stands for a door, an exit or an entry point. We enter the presence of God through the gate of thanksgiving and into his courts with praise.
Prayer of praise and thanksgiving opens the gate into God’s court and presence. The gate is where battles are fought to prevent the enemy from gaining entrance into one’s territory. It is where the enemy is stopped from gaining entrance.
Satan tries to gain entrance into our families, into our lives, into our health, finances, ministry, among others. He must be stopped and turned back at the gate. The gate is a place of fierce fighting against the enemies of our destiny.
Intercessors are gatekeepers over their families and the nation. The Church, as a collective, must stand and turn the enemy back at the gate. The Intercessor must stand at the various commanding gates of influence in the nation: the gates of politics and governance, the gates of economy and business, the gates of arts.