Brakelite
Well-Known Member
The government shall be on... Whose shoulder? The moment we hear the gospel, we have the keys to heaven.Your claim above in RED shows your complete ignorance of Scripture.
Jesus's blessing of Peter in Matt. 16:18-19 actually MIRRORS that of God's blessing on Eliakim in the OT - who was given the Keys to the House of David:
Isaiah 22:20–22
In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. And I will place on his shoulder the KEY TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Matt. 16:18-19
And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the KEYS TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Do you see the UNMISTAKABLE parallel??
Thhe "Keys" represent SUPREME AUTHORITY - similar to the power Joseph had over Pharoah's Kingdom (Gen. 41:40-44).
If you refuse to see the parallel - you are CLOSING your eyes to the Word of God.
Good luck with that . . .
KJV Revelation 1:18
18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
KJV Revelation 3:7
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
I think the verses above reveal Who truly has supreme authority.