Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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BY ENOCH PENN
Q¢_[n_[n1vQHE Lord Christ said, "Strive to enter in at
if Q the strait gate: for many, Isay unto you,
if 4§ shall seek to enter in, and shall not be
it li* able." Again he said, "I am the door."
Q4'*'f"*'9 That is, "I am the gate," for a door, and a
gate are used symbolically as a means of entrance. This
is implied by the Master in his further statement, "By
me if any man enter in, he shall be saved."
Being admonished to enter the path of life by a certain
means, implies that the way may be entered by other
means.
This was illustrated by the parable of the man
who had entered at the wedding feast not having on the
wedding garment. The man was IN just as much as any
of the others, but he was not permitted to stayin, and
the fact that he was first bound and then cast out shows
that he would have been better off not to have found
the way in.
Likewise the Master also said, "He that entereth
not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth
other way, the same is a thief and a robber."
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If we reduce the symbolic terms, the gate, the door,
the way, to plain ~English, we state the matter thus:
There is a way, a manner, a method of living that will
enable one, first, to become conscious of another and
higher realm of existence, and of those intelligences
who inhabit that realm; second, the time will come when
the earth will be cleansed of its present evil conditions,
and prepared so that those who live according to this