I would theorize the gate to heaven is wide open. The problem is finding it.
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if I may
How to enter or open, or how to open to enter?
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matt 10:39
"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, there are the few who find it. the part is difficult more than a lifetime
Matt 7:13-14
The gate and difficult don’t sacrifice the Lord, they sacrifice falsely destruction, these are many
The gate and the broad, the narrow gate
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
Romans 12:1
The gate and the broad, the narrow gate, the least of these little ones
Then there is a recap
There are those who have been chosen since the foundation of the world, have been chosen. These are the few who will not go through the Great Tribulation; they’re already marked by Christ from the creation and the Father for as in the word
But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these who testify of Me.
John 5:38-39
These are those who testify Christ’s deity in heaven, then, there are those who confess the name of Christ on earth
Matthew 10: 32
For then, there will be great tribulation, such as not having been since the beginning of the world until this time, nor ever shall it be.
And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened
Matt 24:21-22
those days will be shortened.
After
This is just beginning
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
Rev 7:9-10
After the Great Tribulation, these are those who come out wearing their white garments in the blood of the Lamb
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither can the sand of the sea be measured: so, will I multiply the seed of David, my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
Jer 33:22-23
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies
Gen 22:17
And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So, he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation and wash their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them.
Rev 7:14-15
The sand of the Seas and the stars and heaven are then those who will come out of the Greatest Tribulation ever, the entire earth
These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, wash their robes, and make them white in the blood of the Lamb.
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his vomit,” and “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”
2 Peter 2:20-22
The question was Why is salvation selected means Limited Atonement
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again and said unto them, Children, how hard it is for them to trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:24-25
But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:42-45
Limited Atonement that Christ died only for sins of His elect
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2
When Christ says for the whole world, it means Christ, the Judge, and can justify all of humanity
This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance.
For to this end, we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially those who believe.
These things command and teach.
1 Tim 4:9-11
The bate into Heaven! Is tnat a real physical gate, a metaphorical gate or a spiritual gate?
We are able to go through this gate, what ever its format, once we have accepted Jesus as our saviour.
Without having done this, as John Bunyon’s Pilgrims Progress reports, there is a way into Hell even at thevery door step of heaven.
( not a biblical ref, but how many are familiar with this classic Christian story? )
I would say the gate into heaven is a spiritual gate, which is more real than a physical gate. It is the gate to peace of mind which comes about when we repent of our sin. See Matthew 4:17 and Psalm 118:20.
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