Commentary: There are 12 gates attached to the walls in the New Heaven and the New earth! Why? These are controlled entry points screening people for what? The Democrats say we do not need borders for our nation yet they themselves have high walls surrounding their million dollar mansions? They will just let illegals pour into your neighborhood with diseases, poverty and crime by the millions? A wall is good for them but not for you? Life must have boundaries! Sin is going past the boundaries God has established for our safety! Did you know our lips are boundaries in regards to what we say! Do you praise God with your lips? Verse 27 explains the reason for the walls and the gates! “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie, but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” You can only get into heaven the legal way! No illegal immigrants in heaven! You must come by the blood of the Lamb! Jesus fulfills the law by taking your penalty of death upon himself at the Cross! You are pardoned and a legal citizen of heaven! A gate on a wall is a controlled entry point! Twelve gates on the walls of the new heaven and the new earth! They become one as intended in the Garden of Eden! When I get to heaven will I have it made? You can rebel against God in heaven just like Lucifer did! We like the angels are created beings with a free will and choices! How do you get your name in the Lamb’s Book of Life! Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior! How do you get your name blotted out of the Lamb’s Book of Life! Reject Jesus whether on earth or in heaven! These gates are check points where your name is reviewed in the Book of Life to be sure your entry is authorized as a worshiper of Christ and no rebellion has entered into your life against Christ! I wish once saved always saved were true theology but you look at the whole Bible we are saved by grace yet we can reject his grace yet the Holy Spirit keeps us safe from the same mistake Lucifer made! Christ in relationship to you establishes us and prevents the betrayal of him as done by Judas and lucifer who became Satan! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYou.com