RTW 2022

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.
1 Chronicles 26:13

Gatekeepers: These had the responsibility for security, both in a practical and spiritual sense. They made sure that only those who were ready to serve and worship God could come to the temple and its associated building.

This was a trusted position.

• 212 gatekeepers to guard the temple of the Lord
• They served at a week at time.

There were four principal gatekeepers. There men were:

• Trusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.  
• Stationed around the house to guard it.
• Responsible for the key and opening the Temple each morning.
• Accountable for the Temple services; storing and setting them out.
• Caring for the furnishing.
• Preparing the special flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.
• Controlled who came in and who went out of the Temple.
• Maintained order and reverence for the Temple.

WOW! What an incredible responsibility!!

• I am now the dwelling place of the presence of God.

WOW! What an incredible responsibility!!

• Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
• 1 Corinthians 3:16 (ESV)

My Gatekeeper is Holy Spirit. He

• Serves 24/7, 365 days a year.
• Is trusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.  
• Stationed to guard me.

But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to come [in the future].
John 16:13 (AMP)

The order, or disorder of the Temple, depends on my response to The Gatekeeper’s work. It is my job to work covertly with the Gatekeeper to:

• Open the Temple each morning for service to the Lord.
• Care for the everything in the Temple.
• Prepare the sacrifices for my Lord.
• Control who came in and who went out of the Temple.
• Maintain order and reverence for the Temple.

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How’s the order of my Temple?