Why is the Eastern Gate of Jerusalem still closed?
The Eastern Gate remains closed because Scripture says God mandated it shut, never to be opened again until Christ returns. Although emperors and kings repeatedly attempted to open it, they either died unexpectedly or were defeated, and the gate stands shut to this day.
Les explains that the Golden Gate, also called the Eastern Gate, sits in the center of Jerusalem's Eastern Wall and remains shut. Scripture said that when God mandated it to be shut, it would never again be opened until Christ returns. Les notes that many emperors and kings claimed they would go to Jerusalem and open that gate, but they never succeeded; they either died of unknown causes before it happened or were defeated by military power. The gate is closed to this very day because Scripture said it would be. He ties this certainty to Babylon, which Scripture says will never be rebuilt, showing that God's Word stands.