Gatekeeper:
They Are Special Guardians For The Tabernacle (Residence" Or "Dwelling Place), According To The Hebrew Bible, Was The Portable Earthly Dwelling Place For The Shekhinah (The Divine Presence Of God And His Cosmic Glory) From The Time Of The Exodus From Egypt Through The Conquering Of The Land Of Canaan.
The divisions of the gatekeepers were named for their family leaders, and like the other Levites, they served at the house of the Lord. They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates, without regard to age or training, for it was all decided by means of sacred lots They Were Given. They also had the Honor Of Waiting Upon The High Priest And Laboring For Them At The Sanctuary Services…
They Were Exclusively Consecrated (Meaning Separation With Relationship To God). Both Separation And Relationship To God Are Explicit In The Cluster In Leviticus 20:23-26. God Says, "You Are To Be Holy To Me Because I, The Lord, Am Holy, And I Have Set You Apart From The Nations To Be My Own." A Relationship To God Is Very Clear Also In The Introductory Command Before The Tabernacle Instructions: "Then Have Them Make A Sanctuary For Me, And I Will Dwell Among Them" Exod 25:8; 29:43-46) To The Service Of The Lord, And The Lord Is Their Inheritance.
As In The Priestly Lawmaking So In The New Testament God's People Are Sometimes Described As Sanctified By God (1 Thess 5:23; Cf. Eph 1:4) And Sometimes Told To Sanctify Themselves (2 Cor 7:1 ;1 Thess 3:13) So As To Be Blameless. The Means Whereby God Sanctified His Church Was Jesus' Sacrificial Death (Col 1:22). In Response, Believers Are Told To Present Their Bodies As A Living Sacrifice, Holy And Acceptable To God (Rom 12:1). Also They Are Disciplined By God In Order To Share His Holiness (Heb 12:10).
On One More Note:
Paul Calls Believers The Temple Of God. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (Esv), Do You Not Know That You Are God's Temple And That God's Spirit Dwells In You? If Anyone Destroys God's Temple, God Will Destroy Him. For God's Temple Is Holy, And You Are That Temple. The bible say, I would rather be a door keeper in the house of the Lord than anywhere else.
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