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Summer Bible Seminar 2026

Our Summer Bible Seminar will be held from August 9–13. From August 10–13, we will spend time together at Pine Springs Ranch for a retreat. For more information, please visit:

Jun Asai Piano Concert — August 8, 2026

Jun Asai Piano Concert 2026 August 8 (Saturday) , 2:00PM Colburn School (LA downtown) Zipper Hall 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Further information will be provided later.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it (Matt 16:18).

The term "Hades" here is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word she’ol. The phrase "gates of Hades" translates sha’ar she’ol (the Gate of Sheol) in the Hebrew Bible. All who die must enter Sheol by passing through these gates. Sheol literally means the "unknown land"—the realm of the dead. In the story of Gen ch. 22, when Abraham offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice, the Lord swore, calling these gates the "gate of his enemies," as follows:

I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants (or descendant) will take possession of the cities of their enemies (lit. the gate of his enemies) (Gen 22:17).

In its immediate sense, this phrase, "gate of his enemies," refers to the gates of the Canaanite cities collectively, which Abraham’s descendants would conquer, thus inheriting the land as the Promised Land. Metaphorically, however, it alludes to the future moment when the gates of the domain of death, ruled by the spiritual enemy, Satan, would be shattered by Abraham’s single descendant, Christ, thereby establishing the Church, the Kingdom of God. This is the significance behind the words Jesus spoke earlier:

(From Sermon Summary “Peace Be with You” A)

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And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it (Matt 16:18).

I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants (or descendant) will take possession of the cities of their enemies (lit. the gate of his enemies) (Gen 22:17).

(From Sermon Summary “Peace Be with You” A)

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