A gatekeeper is defined as 'One that is in charge of passage through a gate. A person who monitors or oversees the actions of others. A primary-care provider.'.
It is written that the Virgin Mary was referred to as a gatekeeper. A verse of the Akathist, 'Rejoice, O Blessed Gate-Keeper who opens the gates of Paradise to the righteous'. 'She that shows the way'. [2]
Declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion, and there rejoice in your salvation. Psalm 9:14
'He strengthens the bars of your gates, and blesses your people within you'. Psalm 147:13
'Open the gates so that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith'. Isaiah 26:2
'I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparking jewels, and all of your walls precious stones'. Isaiah 54:12.
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1. http://lotusfeet22.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/adam-name-blot-out.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagia_Portaitissa
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