Well, let us remember that there are only five characters
in this excellent short piece of writing: the sinner who dies, the accuser, Peter, David
and John. The sinner who dies we are told lived a life of sin for his seventy years
until just before his death, when he confessed and turned to God. It is he who goes to
heaven and tries to gain admittance through the pearly
gates.
The accuser is the one who recounts all of the
sinner's many misdeeds and failings throughout his life, which threatens to disqualify
him from entering heaven.
Both Peter and David play the
role of doormen to the gates of heaven. They hear the sins of the man and say that he
cannot enter, but are silenced by the sinner's comments regarding their own sinfulness
and failings during there life.
Finally, the Apostle John
is the man who gives the sinner admittance to heaven for his belief about love and how
"God is love." John was therefore unable to drive the sinner away, as the sinner
realises, and therefore opens the gates to heaven for him.
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