No MAN can Shut

Does the unsaved Church Babylon shut the DOOR in Tribulation? Let's examine.

TRIBULATION – JUDGMENT: MAN (CHURCH) SHUTS THE DOOR?

Mt 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up <2808> the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

1Jo 3:17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up <2808> his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Lu 11:7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut <2808>, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

3Jo 1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth <2967> them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

1Th 4:3 Forbidding <2967> to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Mt 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid <2967> them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

1Th 2:16 Forbidding <2967> us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

Mt 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

Re 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

Lu 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered <2967>.

1Ki 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

Re 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Joe 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

De 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

2Ch 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

Lu 4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up <2808> three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

Jas 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Jas 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Re 11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

2Ch 29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

2Ch 29:7 Also they have shut up <05462> the doors <01817> of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

2Ch 29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

Mal 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut <05462> the doors <01817> for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Ne 13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates <01817> should be shut <05462>, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

Mt 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first {of the sabbath}, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

2Ch 28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up <05462> the doors <01817> of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

2Ch 28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

WICKED WORKS IN SECRET: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS?

Lu 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets <5009> shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

1Co 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things <2927> of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Lu 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid <2927>, that shall not be known.

Eph 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

PRAYING AND SEEING IN SECRET: ELECT TAKING REFUGE FOR A MOMENT IN TRIBULATION?

Mt 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet <5009>, and when thou hast shut <2808> thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret <2927>; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Jer 29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

Isa 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

Ps 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

SALVATION: REVELATION OF CHRIST – GOD PERMANENTLY SHUTS THE DOOR AND OPENS IT FOR REDEMPTION

Re 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open DOOR, and no MAN can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Re 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

Re 21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

Isa 60:11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

Eze 44:2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

Re 11:6 These have power to shut <2808> heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Lu 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

SUMMARY CONCLUSION:

The Bible appears to equate the shutting of the door(s) to the following: a-The unsaved body shutting up Heaven in tribulation causing the elect to be stripped of their covering (Christ). b-Elect take refuge in Christ as they wait for the tribulation to end. c-God Himself shutting the Door once He began the separation of wheat and tares at the revelation of Christ. This would be a complete and permanent judgment on the unsaved body while the Door is now opened for the Elect to come out of Babylon.