Daughters of the Gate
You are a scared Space
Confronting what happens when those entrusted to guard the sacred become the ones who profane it.
It was no secret.
They knew the tabernacle was being desecrated,
they knew the sanctuary was being profaned.
The women were there to turn back the battle at the gate,
but the sons of Eli treated them as scared prostitutes.
The violation of the women was an outward sign of the violation and desecration in sanctuary.
Role of the high priest was to Protect the sacred spaces,
and to protect the integrity of the sacrifices.
Eli didn’t take his sons out of their role.
Eli was just as guilty. He knew.
The priests were entrusted to teach the difference between was is holy and what is common.
Daughters at the Gate is a teaching by from 1 Samuel about what happens when the priesthood fails to guard what God has called sacred, and how we respond in our priesthood, as Hannah did to purify the priesthood.
