A gate can keep people out but it can also keep people in.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
(Matthew 16:18 ESV)
I have always read this as the church being outside and the gates unable to stop it from entering, but gates work both ways, and maybe this also means the gate's unable to stop those inside from escaping.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
(Matthew 16:18 ESV)
I have always read this as the church being outside and the gates unable to stop it from entering, but gates work both ways, and maybe this also means the gate's unable to stop those inside from escaping.
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