Perhaps you are familiar with the Stargate shows where portals to wormholes exist that can transport you across the universe. I’m a bit of a sci-fi fan, but I’ve not been able to devote adequate time to figure out the various series and such, but I do find the stories as a whole interesting.
Herbert W Armstrong (HWA) used to preach a lot about “gates”. In particular, he taught about “sea gates”:
Read again the prophetic promises of Genesis 22:17. To Abraham God said: “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.”
And again, the inspired prophetic parting blessing upon Rebekah, leaving her family to become the wife of Isaac: “And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them” (Gen. 24:60).
Earlier we quoted the correct Fenton translation: “. . .and your race shall possess the gates [ plural] of its enemies.” As explained there, the “gates” of enemy nations are the strategic SEA GATES of entrance to or exit from these nations. Although all wealth comes from the ground, prosperity and affluence on a national scale always have come also by industry and COMMERCE. And commerce between nations has been transacted almost altogether by the SEA-LANES of the world – by SHIPS, and, within a continent, by railroads.
~ Herbert W Armstong. The United States and Britain in Prophecy, chapter 12.
Today, I put on my computer blog the article “50th Anniversary of John Glenn’s Spaceflight, and He’s Not Happy”. It has a cross interest, I believe. In a sentence, though, I postulate that the space station qualifies as a “space gate” for a declining superpower.
