Keys of the Kingdom

[Omagor]

Here is my favorite Scripture of all times. Matthew:16.19
 "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." 

Keys represent access, they represent authority, they are the true representation of power placed within your hands. And with this power you can open or lock. You have the full authority not only to access, but also to give access to others.

What keys have you been holding of resent? Have you allowed misery and worry creep in on you? Even in times such as this, it takes having the right keys to stay on top of the game. With the right keys in your hands, your confidence whether its job security or necessities, will not be shaken.

It takes faith to know that you have been given this authority, and this power as a believer to have dominion, to bind and loosen. So use your keys if you believe. 

But If you have never believed, you are tired of being anxious, you lack the peace the surpasses all human understanding. You feel you want to come to rest and stop fighting to make ends meet. 

There is a better way to do that. Just believe in Jesus Christ as Lord. Have faith and dare to believe that there is light and the end of your dark tunnel. And a king such as the anointed one of God - Jesus Christ can give you too, these Keys to be in charge and control of your life. 

Read John 1:1-13

[R. Hartono]

Its a bad situation

[Daniel Marsh]

Matthew 16:19   needs to be updated from knowledge of Greek Grammar.

 

Peter’s Confession of the Messiah

13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,[f] He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

15 “But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”

17 And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah,  you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock  I will build My church, and the forces  of Hades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound  in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed  in heaven.”

20 And He gave the disciples orders to tell no one that He was the Messiah.

 

"Note the future perfect indicative (estai dedemenon, estai lelumenon), a state of completion. All this assumes, of course, that Peter's use of the keys will be in accord with the teaching and mind of Christ. The binding and loosing is repeated by Jesus to all the disciples ( Matthew 18:18 ). Later after the Resurrection Christ will use this same language to all the disciples ( John 20:23 ), showing that it was not a special prerogative of Peter. He is simply first among equals, primus inter pares, because on this occasion he was spokesman for the faith of all. It is a violent leap in logic to claim power to forgive sins, to pronounce absolution, by reason of the technical rabbinical language that Jesus employed about binding and loosing. Every preacher uses the keys of the kingdom when he proclaims the terms of salvation in Christ. " from Word Pictures of Greek NT by Robertson  https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/robertsons-word-pictures/matthew/matthew-16-19.html

NET Bible
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."

Basically,  a person repents, is declared righteous or saved in heaven, then that is recognized on earth by witnesses like Pastors. 

The Mistranslation of the Perfect Tense in John 20:23, Mt 16:19, and Mt 18:18
J. R. Mantey
Journal of Biblical Literature
Vol. 58, No. 3 (Sep., 1939), pp. 243-249

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3259488?seq=1

This article gives a brief discussion on the grammar history:  https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2343&context=asburyjournal

 

 

 

 

 

[Daniel Marsh]

The key point of Matthew 16:19 is that whatever is bound or loosed on earth was already bound or loosed in Heaven.