Gates are mentioned 423 times in the Bible, showing the importance of gates. To control the enemies gate, was equal to conquering the city. **Whoever sits at the gate controls the territory***

Bible Verses about Gates: (In some translations, gates are represented as city)

Genesis 22:15 – 18 – Your seed (heir) will possess the gate of his enemies

Genesis 24:58-60…..and let your posterity possess the gate of their enemies. (To possess means occupy by driving our previous tenants and taking possession of their place.

**God promised Abraham the gate of his enemies***

Psalms 24:7 –

Matthew 16:18 –

Psalms 136 – Enter the Gate with thanksgiving

Daniel 9:4-15 – Bring repentance

Psalm 24:7-10 – Make proclamation at the gate

Isaiah 62:10 – Go through the Gates and Raise an ALTAR (Christ), at the Gate

Isaiah 60:11 – Your gates will be open continually; they will not be closed day or night, so that men will bring to you the wealth of the nations; with their kings led in procession.

Acts 5:19 –

Acts 16:25-26 –

Jeremiah 37:12-13 – Command every strongman positioned at the gates hindering your claim to inheritance

2 Chronicles 23:19 – He stationed the gatekeepers of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean

Revelation 3:8 –

Matthew 7:13 –

Genesis 23:10, 18 –

Deuteronomy 21:19 –

Deuteronomy 25:7 –

1 Kings 22:10 –

2 Kings 7:1, 18 –

2 Chronicles 32:6 –

Psalms 69:13 –

Psalm 127:5 –

Job 31:21 –

Proverb 22:22 –

Proverbs 31:23 –

Isaiah 29:21 –

Amos 5:10, 15 –

Psalms 9:13, Isaiah 28:10, Matthew 16:18 – Gates of Death

Genesis 28:17, Malachi 3: – Gates of Heaven

Gates in the book of Nehemiah

Gates in the book of Revelation

Proverbs 1:21 – Wisdom makes her speech at the gate

Genesis 19:1 – Lot was sitting at the Gate of Sodom

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 – Judgements

1 Samuel 4:18 – Eli waited at the gate for the news about the ark

2 Samuel 19:1-8 – David gave instructions at the gate

Esther 2:5-8, Esther 2:19-23 – Men plotted to kill the king at the gate

What Happened at the Gate?

Gates were the MOST important parts of the city; they acted as the ‘TRAFFIC CONTROL‘ stations of coming IN and OUT. In spiritual warfare, Gates refer to places in a city where people enter/exit from E.g Airports and parliaments for places and the 5 senses for human beings.

a. They were the gathering places of people

b. Business was conducted at the Gate – Ruth 4:1-11

c. Important news were proclaimed at the gates

d. Kings and elders sat at the gate to pass judgement

e. Prophets cried, kings judged and people assembled at the gate

f. Gates are an entrance for:  business – 1 Kings 22:10, legal business – Ruth 4:1-11, criminal cases – Deuteronomy 25:7-9, proclamations – Jeremiah 1719-20, protection – 2 Samuel 18:24,33 (literal), satanic powers – Matthew 16:18, death – Isaiah 38:10, righteousness -Psalms 118:19-20, salvation – Matthew 7:13, Heaven – 21:15

– Jesus said that he i the ONLY Gate (John 10:7) – thus salvation, deliverance and healing are decided at the gate.

Proclamations & Declarations:

– Renounce demonic spirits that lay claim at the Gate and sack all demonic gatekeepers

– Secure Godly destinies at the Gate

– Pry through the gate at midday and mid night

– Redeem the time lost at every gate of the day

– Repent for the ignorance of the church, including false worship that gives Satan access

– Decree release of fresh revelation at this Gate of TIME