Ezekiel 46:3

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

No one shall be in the Tent of Meeting when he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, and has made atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.

“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

I will feed them with good pasture; and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on fat pasture on the mountains of Israel.

The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

You know where I go, and you know the way.”

Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.

I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.

But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,

Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

“You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.

The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening;

He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

“ ‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.

and hasn’t brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to offer it as an offering to Yahweh before Yahweh’s tabernacle: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood. That man shall be cut off from among his people.

one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of Yahweh may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”

Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.

For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

The width of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side. He measured its length, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.

I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

He was with them entering into Jerusalem,

Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession.

The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing.

For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.