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☦️ Orthodox Christianity - Ezekiel's Prophecy Regarding Virgin Mary
The Prophet Ezekiel on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
Ezekiel 46:3 “ Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.”
We see in this passage that in the New Covenant, a new temple will come. The Lord God of Israel will pass through the gate and no one else shall pass through it. The “prince” is Jesus, and Mary is the “gate”, who remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Christ. St Ambrose of Milan writes in the fourth century:
“Who is this gate (Ezekiel 44:1-4), if not Mary? Is it not closed because she is a virgin? Mary is the gate through which Christ entered this world, when He was brought forth in the virginal birth and the manner of His birth did not break the seals of virginity."