The Gate Of Issachar

As read by Kenneth B Visscher

In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. Micah 4:6-8 KJV

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Revelation 22:12-15 KJV

The previous writing covered the Gate of Judah and the Pearl of that Gate. The corrections given to the Body of Christ who come to that Gate were described as a fire because of praise and worship. As a person comes into adoration of the Lord, the Lord as fire consumes out of them their dross, but also ignites them with His Holiness. So the person with this fire becomes a flaming brand, a torch of light in a dark world to bring forth the fullness of God and God’s perfect will to the earth that is around their lives. The Gates of Pearl in each of the 12 Gates represents elements of God’s grace. The grace of the Judah Gate found in the Pearl is the same in its effect as the fire of God. In that there is grace to teach one to ‘deny’ ungodly lusts and oppositions of the flesh against the spirit. “Nor to steal by taking things of small value, but to prove themselves truly loyal and entirely reliable and faithful throughout, so that in everything they may be an ornament and do credit to the teaching [which is] from and about God our Savior. For the grace of God (His unmerited favor and blessing) has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation for all mankind. It has trained us to reject and renounce all ungodliness (irreligion) and worldly (passionate) desires, to live discreet (temperate, self-controlled), upright, devout (spiritually whole) lives in this present world, Awaiting and looking for the [fulfillment, the realization of our] blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One),” Titus 2:10-13 AMP

Grace appears at the Pearl Gate of Judah to give us the ability to worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness while at the same time removing from us the barriers which would prevent us from repenting before the Lord of ungodliness and worldly lusts.

The Gate Of Issachar

Come now to the 2^nd Gate, the Gate of Issachar, God who is our reward. This is where we learn to be careful in our walk with the Lord day by day in the earth. For this Gate represents reaping and sowing, the reward of righteousness or unrighteousness depending upon our obedience to the Gospel of Christ. God becomes a reward to us, a covering like a garment of white, a continual presence we are aware of when we obey the Lord in separating ourselves out from the world and alone unto Him. In that separation we learn to keep our gaze fixated upon the Lord alone and n-o o-t-h-e-r t-h-i-n-g. The key word here is that the Gate of Issachar represents to the Body of Christ -“OBEDIENCE”.

God does a working at this Gate which becomes the painful testimony of those who would overcome, for it is here, at this Gate that separations begin and conclude.

Separations from past alliances,
Separations from past relationships,
Separations from past relationships with family members,
Separations from past relationships with church members who also walk in the Body of Christ.

In this Gate we come UNTO the Lord in SEPARATION. Separated from EVERYTHING ELSE. That God alone becomes ALL OUR REWARD FOR OBEDIENCE TO THIS. You cannot overcome UNLESS YOU ARE SEPARATED UNTO THE LORD ALONE. The separations seem painful, not joyous at the time. This is where opinions of man are discovered and the iniquity that powers man comes to the forefront. I liken the beasts in the book of Revelation, along with the false prophets and the unclean spirits like frogs (vain repetitions Revelation 16:13) to be like the carnal man. And the Dragon in the book of Revelation gives its power unto the beasts. This is personal iniquity empowering DISOBEDIENCE. This is the alliance of carnal religiosity working to destroy us by intermingling us with perdition. In other words, it is a picture of Israel marrying into the abhorred nations which were in Canaan. Or if you will, modern Christians marrying themselves to false doctrines about the love of God and Christ’s great salvation. They all work in type and shadow in the Gate of Issachar. The Body of Christ, these who are called “Overcomers”, come to this Gate to be judged thus, and to be delivered from intermingling of their lives with the love of the World.

The Gates of Pearl at the Gate of Issachar represent the Grace of God to work in two ways. This Grace delivers us from the bondages of worldly power. From the life of this earth. From our part in this earth as relates to our place in it. The Grace in these Gates causes us to be separate from all else to be one with the Lord who stands in this Gate beckoning us to come to Him in obedience. This Grace also teaches us the painful process of repentance from dead works, from those things which kept us in alliance with those of the world and of fleshly bondages. The painful working of this Grace causes our steps to be ordered in such a measure that by the things suffered, we like Jesus, learn obedience.

“As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.”

Hebrews 5:6-10 KJV

Come with me to the Gate of Issachar! Come and see that the first entry into this Gate was done by Christ Himself, crucified from the foundation of the world. Come to this Gate and reckon the Pearl thereof and apply it to your understanding! Know that the Lord does work IN YOUR OBEDIENCE to separate YOU unto HIMSELF! Oh the power and the Glory of the Gate of Issachar! If there were no other Gates in the New Jerusalem, this one alone would do all our will and desire before the Lord, but we have only covered thus far the first two Gates! There is SO MUCH MORE. These Gates JUDGE US so we can enter in to the Glorious City of God!

( Vision )

“As I looked at Jesus in this place my eyes were filled with wonder at His power and Glory and the ability He has to work in the lives of His people. Before Jesus was as it were a table with hearts upon the table. Each heart was the life of an Overcomer. And Christ would turn and twist and manipulate each heart on this table into perfect conformity to His will. As each heart on this table in Heaven was moved by Christ, the Overcomer in the earth would move their footsteps accordingly. It was a marvelous revelation of how Christ works to bring the Overcomers to the center of His perfect will.

( End Vision )