“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
Matthew 16:18
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Connection with God's oath to Abraham
God swore that Abraham's descendants would possess the gates of their enemies (Genesis 22:17), and Rebekah's family later spoke the same blessing over her. Jesus picked up the picture of gates when He said of His church, "the gates of Hades will not prevail against it."
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When Rebekah left home, her family blessed her with God's own oath to Abraham, that his offspring would possess the gates of their enemies (Genesis 22:17 and Genesis 24:60). Jesus picked up the same picture of gates when He said of His church, "the gates of Hades will not prevail against it."
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