20. This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. The psalmist loves the house of God so well that he admires the very gate thereof, and pauses beneath its arch to express his affection for it. He loved it because it was the gate of the Lord, the gate of righteousness, and so many godly people had already entered it, and in all future ages such people will continue to pass through it. If the gate of the Lord’s house on earth is so pleasant to us, how greatly shall we rejoice when we pass that gate of pearl, to which none but the righteous will ever approach, but through which all the just will in due time enter to eternal felicity. The Lord Jesus has passed that way, and not only set the gate wide open, but secured an entrance for all who are made righteous in his righteousness: all the righteous must and shall enter there, whoever may oppose them. Under another aspect our Lord is himself that gate, and through him, as the new and living Way, all the righteous delight to approach the Lord. Whenever we draw near to praise the Lord we must come by this gate.
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