Bible Trivia question for 10 pts. When people talk about the pearly gates?

"Why do some refer to them as the pearly gates ?"

This is in reference to the 12 gates of New Jerusalem.

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

"What names are written on the gates ?"

The names of the 12 Tribes of Israel.

Revelation 21:12

It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

"Walking through the gates allow us to enter what?"

Walking through the gates allows us to enter New Jerusalem where we will be given the right to the Tree of Life.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.

Only those who have washed their robes - those who have been cleansed, whose sins have been forgiven, who keep the Commandments of God and have the faith of the Messiah - may enter the city.

Revelation 14:12

Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

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The original gates of ivory are much older than Christianity.

They are called 'pearly gates' because of the natural sheen ivory develops on exposure to the atmosphere.

Different sources offer different inscriptions on the gates.

On the other side of the gates is the realm of false dreams.

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You are at liberty to choose a wrong answer instead. Being wrong is easier, though it does have some disadvantages.

This is how Y!A works.

And so does life.

;-)

When people were slogging through mud all day long just to survive and they saw the rich with all the finery they wanted to live that life so the religious dictators said that if they gave to that religion and believed in it then they would one day have all that finery - pearly gates etc.

P.T.Barnum - there is a sucker born every minute.

Some one else's idea of how life should be.

1.- They are White as Pearls...

2.- Hugh Hefner...

3.- The Playboy Mansion...