Perhaps you live in a modern apartment building where your safety is insured by the use of a security guard at the front entrance. His specific job is to see that no unauthorized persons are admitted to the building, you have at least been to a hotel on a business trip or vacation and have had occasion to notice the doorman who gets your cab for you, or the desk clerk who screens visitors (at least those who choose to announce themselves!).

This is just about what the doorkeeper in ancient times was also - a security guard. Let’s think about that for a moment. Perhaps you don’t know too much about the life style of the Hebrews, but I’m sure that you have heard, somewhere along the line, that the home held a position of particular sanctity for them. This is very true. And a place of partic…