“And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;”
Acts 3:2 KJV
As they came to the entrance called the Beautiful Gate, they were captured by the sight of a man crippled from birth being carried and placed at the entrance to the temple. He was often brought there to beg for money from those going in to worship. In Aramaic it is “the gate called Wonderful”. This is the Name of Jesus and this beautiful gate points to Jesus! He is the entrance into the sheepfold of God. In the prophet Ezekiel’s vision of the temple, the river was flowing out from the threshold through the gateway of the temple. This river was first measured to be ankle deep. The man at the gate Beautiful was lame in his ankles and was healed by the spiritual “river” that flowed out of the “Beautiful Gate” of Christ. The gateway opened up and the river poured out of Peter and John, bringing healing to the lame. As disciples of Christ, the same river flows out of us to heal the sick. It’s not magic but the love and compassion of Christ flowing through us. Amen!
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