Ping!
Gates are defensive. They are used to either keep someone in or keep them out. When one prevails against a gate, it means they are able to open or close it, regardless of what the owner of the gate wants.
It’s kind of exciting within the context of the gate in question.
How do you really know what the Lord means?
Did the gates of Hell prevail when Peter denied his Lord three times?
I clicked thinking this was a conclave thread..
The gates of hell/hades didn’t prevail, the righteous dead there were freed by Jesus Christ.
Glad he pointed out that the church is able to smash the gates of hell.
In modern days, it means when the church goes up to and smashes evil.
It hasn’t gotten a lot of publicity, but many Christian peaceful demonstrations have stopped communist takeovers in Portugal and Brazil, and of course here in the Philippines, we had the EDSA revolution where a million Pinoys stopped Marcos’ soldiers from arresting General Ramos who supported Cory Aquino’s winning the election.
Translating it as hell, rather than Death, which he obviously meant is what is misleading.