Heaven, Opened by Christ – Charles Spurgeon

HOW wondrously David foretold the glorious opening of the gates, when he sang the ascent of the illustrious hero! He rose amid attending angels, ascending not in phantom form, but in a real body, and as he neared the heavenly portals, holy angels sang, “Lift up your heads, O you gates, and be you lift up, you everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in!” When on their hinges of diamond, those pearly gates revolved, and Jesus entered, then, once for all and forever the door was opened in Heaven, by which the chosen people shall all of them ascend into the joy of their Lord. At this very hour, as if to show us that he opens and no man shuts, we see the door most certainly open, because he has promised to come again, and, therefore, the door cannot be shut, for he is coming quickly. His promise rings in our ears, “Behold, I come as a thief! Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments;” yes, “blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb.” Yet again says he, “Behold I come quickly, and my reward is with me.” Expect him, then, and as you expect him, learn that a door is still open in Heaven.