altars and gates

ALTARS & GATESPASSOVER SUMMITSOLOMON APPIAH

MARCH 26, 2016

WHO AM I

• APP

• NRGI

• MIT

• Edu4Trans

• Prisons Council

• Project Efiase

• Husband, Father, Son

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TABLE OF CONTENT

• DEFINITIONS

• RELATIONSHIP

• SITUATION/LOCATION IN APOSTLE ABU BAKO DOCTRINE

• PRACTICAL APPLICATION

• PASSOVER – IT IS FINISHED

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SITUATING ALTARS & GATES WITHIN THE ABU BAKO DOCTRINE

GOSPEL / DOCTRINE – MOSES & PAUL • Rom 2:16 KJV In the day when God shall judge the

secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

• 2Ti 2:8 KJV Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel

• Deu 32:2 KJV My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

• 2Ti 3:10 KJV But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience…

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QUESTION

• Are you a follower of Christ under Apostle Bako tutelage?

• If yes, have you FULLY KNOWN the Apostle Abu Bako doctrine like Timothy had to FULLY KNOWN that of Apostle Paul?

• In the doctrine entrusted to Prophet/Apostle Abu Bako, where do we situate the teaching on ALTARS AND GATES?

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7 PILLARS OF THE KINGDOM

1. KING

2. THRONE

3. FOUNDATIONS OF THRONE including STONES• Stones include ALTARS + GATES + COVENANTS

4. SCEPTER

5. COUNCIL OF ELDERS

6. MESSENGERS

7. SUBJECTS

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DEFINITIONS

DEFINITIONS- ALTAR

1. A mount; a table or elevated place, on which sacrifices are offered to some deity. • made of turf, stone, wood or horn

• some are round, others square, others triangular.

• They differed also in height, but all faced the east.

• 2. In modern churches, the communion table; and, figuratively, a church; a place of worship.

• 3. In scripture, Christ is called the altar of Christians, he being the atoning sacrifice for sin.

• We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat, who serve tabernacles. Heb 13

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WHAT ARE GATES?• Any port of entry and exit such as seaports, airports, etc

in spiritual realm, the realm of the soul, or the realm of the physical. • visible and invisible

• Any point of contact used for gaining access to you or giving you access. When Prophet anoints you or lays hands, what has he done?

• Doors, windows, walls, roofs are gates

• Our hearts, our eyes, our mouths, our ears, our feet and our hands are all gates

• Television sets, telephones, radio sets, computers are all gates since they all serve as ports of access.

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WHAT ARE GATES?

• GATES ARE IMMIGRATION POSTS

• This is where your entry into nations will be allowed or disallowed. There are always immigration officers. These could be angels, men or other parts of creation. (Daniel 10:12-21, Cf. Matthew 28:2, Joshua 20: 4- 6)

• GATES ARE EMBASSIES

• That is, where you go to get a visa and the ambassadors reside and visit their home country from time to time. Ezekiel 8:14 (44:3), Daniel 2:48 &49, Matthew 16: 18 – 20,

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WHAT ARE GATES?

• GATES ARE ALSO SECURITY CHECK POINTS

• This is seen in Esther 2:21, Isaiah 28: 5&6, (Joshua 8), Judges 9:52 & 53, 2Kings 6, (Mark 1:33-37 cf. Psalm 101:8) see Daniel 10:12 &13.

• GATES ARE DECISION MAKING PLACES

• Decision-Making Places are also types of Gates. These are the places where decisions are normally taken and such places are gates. The King sits at the gate (Deuteronomy 25:5-10, Isaiah 28: 5&6, Joshua 20:1, Jeremiah 17: 19-27).

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WHAT ARE GATES?

• GATES ARE PLACES FOR TRANSACTIONS

• Places where transactions are made are Gates. These transactions could be business, legal, marital, etc., (Ruth 4:1, Deuteronomy 25:5-10 Genesis 23, Deuteronomy 16:18).

• GATES ARE PLACES WHERE ALTARS, THRONES, ETC., ARE SET

• Thrones are also set at the gates. 2Chronicles 18:9, Esther 5:1, Jeremiah 38:7, 1:15 (4:38), 2Samuel 18:24, 2Kiings 19:8; Exodus 35:15; 40:5,6; 28:29 (Leviticus 1:5, 3:2, 4:7,18; 17:6&7) 2Chronicles 8:12, 15:8, Ezekiel 8 & 11, Joel 2:17.

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OTHER EXAMPLES OF GATES

i. Gates of Time

ii. Gates of Society

iii. Edifices: Hospitals, Churches etc

iv. Objects: Obelisks, Groves, Shrines

v. National Monuments: Independence square

vi. Appointments, Job positions

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GATES OF SOCIETY AKA MIND MOULDERS

1) Family

2) Belief System

3) Government, Governance And Leadership

4) Economy

5) Education

6) Media

7) Science & Technology

8) Arts, Sports & Culture16

• Psa 89:14 AMP Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.

• Psa 97:2 AMP Clouds and darkness are round about Him [as at Sinai]; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. [Exod. 19:9.]

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WHY SOME CAN’T SUCCEED IN GATES OF SOCIETY

• Altars, Gates and Covenants i.e. foundation stones of GOD’s King’dom will function for you IF you operate in Righteousness & Justice

• Many have been activating angels on one occasion and other times activating demons by their actions.

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• Humanism seeks to change the nature of men by changing his environment, institutions, governments, and rules of behaviour.

• Christianity changes the institutions, governments, and behaviour of men by changing their hearts.

• Without heart change, none of this teaching will benefit you

• The heart I entered LRF with is not same as the heart I have today

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALTARS AND GATES

ALTARS & GATES

•QUESTION: What is the relationship between the two?

•ANSWER: GATES ARE PLACES WHERE ALTARS, THRONES, ETC., ARE SET

•Main altar of family usually at GATE of house of the family head, where all sacrifices are offered.

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PRACTICAL EXAMPLE

JACOB WHO BECAME ISRAEL

Gen 28:16-19

(16) And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

(17) And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

(18) And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

(19) And he called the name of that place Bethel23

Gen 28:16-19 KJV

(16) And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

(17) And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

(18) And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

(19) And he called the name of that place Bethel

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•What takes place within gates?• Transactions

•What are situated within gates?• Dreams, ladder, voice, covenant, altars, thrones

•V12 Where we sleep can be gates hence dreams

•V18 Jacob set up an altar in the gate of heaven

•God spoke through that gate25

Gen 28:12-13 KJV

(12) And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

(13) And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

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JESUS CONNECTS EARTH TO HEAVEN

• Joh 1:51 AMP

• (51) Then He said to him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you all, you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man! [Gen. 28:12; Dan. 7:13.]

• JESUS IS THE LADDER JACOB SAW

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•Gen 28:13 Covenant terms are spoken at the gates

•Promises are made in gates

•Angels ascended to heaven and descended within that gate

•Where I stand (altar of LRF) is a gate of heaven. Angels are ascending /descending here

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ALTARS CAN BE JUDGED

1Ki 13:2 KJV And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1Ki 13:5 KJV The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

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IT IS FINISHED

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCESMar 22 - 25 Adar 13 - 15 Purim

Apr 23 - 30 Nisan 15 -22 Pesach

(Passover)

Jun 12 Sivan 6 Shavuot

(Pentecost)

Oct 3 Tishri 1 Rosh Hashana

(New Year)

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Old covenant New covenant

Shadow Reality

Feast Passover Communion

Sacrifice Lamb Jesus Christ

Where Egypt Golgotha/Golden Altar

When Time of Egyptian

Slavery

Before foundation of the world/ During

Roman occupation of Israel

Duration Periodic Once and for all

Significance I will save you I have saved you. IT IS FINISHED

Journey Transition from

slavery to Promised

land

Transition from sin to justification and

Kingdom experience

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Old New

Dead forever Resurrected on

3rd day

Destroyer will

pass over

Destroyer is

destroyed i.e.

Conquered and

fully subdued

Borrowed life Inherent life

No power Power over

EVERY power

Before the law After the law33

• 1Co 15:55-57 KJV O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (56) The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. (57) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

• He never said, I am finishing it. He said, “It is Finished!”

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PROPHECIES 2016

• Altar to GOD in Africa p.64

• Year Every Gate Lifts its Head for You p.14

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