Keys of the kingdom

But I say to you- "Ndipoyina ndipoyi nu" ... you are Peter- "Kudiwe ndipoyi nu" ... upon this rock I'll build my church- "Toi ini nditamanga kagiza" ... and the gates of hell will not prevail.

"Matogoma tsikola panza tsikamba" I'll give you the keys of the kingdom.

"Matsasifungula sofumu" Whatsoever you bind on Earth- "Chimenotsamanga pashapi" ... shall be bound in heaven.

"Tsakarajo mangika kumamba" Whatsoever you shall loose on Earth- "Chatsamasula pasipano" ... shall be loosed in heaven.

He will make it happen to earth Chichi chikanso pasiban Hallelujah.

Now that's very important Zofunika twis That's very important Zofunika twambilis Now we need to read this verse very clearly Turenga verse monve kabwino Very clearly Monve kabwino Matthew 16:19 in ISV.

Please give me if you've got ISV version Mundipate buku ISV pamene pa ISV Matthew 16 Verse number 19 Verse aka 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom- Tsog batsa ufumbulu wusimu ... whatever you prohibit on earth- Chichi chose uchiledsa Will have been prohibited in heaven.

[clears throat] Whatever you prohibit here-

Let's now turn to the catechism.

What does the Catholic Church teach about this passage, or what can we learn from it? We have one reference, which is in paragraph 551, and that's in this section about how Jesus gives the keys of the kingdom to the apostles.

Paragraph 551 says, And then the paragraph goes on from there.

And of course, when it says he gives the twelve his authority and sends them out, that's a direct reference to what we have here today in Luke.

Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I'll build my church, only in Matthew.

The keys of the kingdom, only in Matthew.

Paying the half-shekel tax, that Peter passage is only found in Matthew.

Jesus says you have to forgive your brothers seven times, but in Matthew 18 he says to Peter, you must be willing to forgive seventy times seven, in a way that is God-like, the way God forgives his people, their iniquities.

You know, this is why Matthew, and again, only Matthew, goes on to say, you are Peter, you are the rock, and on this rock I will build my church.

And the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

And I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, etc.

It's wonderful.

But wait, if the church is treating them like an outsider, aren't they overstepping? Like, how does a group of flawed humans in a local building have the authority to make a call on someone's eternal spiritual status?

And that tension brings us to one of the most misunderstood theological concepts in the Gospels The keys of the kingdom

Okay, let's get into this

In Matthew 18.18, right after the discipline steps, Jesus says, "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven."

We're going to be talking about...

the keys of the kingdom, and from Eliakim to Peter, the connection, is there really a biblical connection? Right now we see that this is a big topic in the blogosphere, in the internet world, and it is a topic that I love talking about and a topic that I have published about with my near and dear friend, with the incredible Reverend Dr.

Koppis, and couldn't think of anyone better to bring on to talk about this.

this topic right now.

So you have 12 officials, but you also have one... official who's higher than the rest.

In Isaiah, in the Old Testament, he has the keys of the kingdom.

He can open and shut.

How does this lead us into Matthew 16 and what Jesus does to establish Peter? I

And we know that the keys symbolize the papacy, but why? Is it like the keys to the Popemobile? You know what it was all about.

And what's fascinating is to see this isn't just some random image.

The idea when Jesus says to Peter, I give you the keys of the kingdom, he's hearkening back to something concrete.

In other words, what we want to do is use the Bible's system of symbolism to interpret what Jesus means by keys and not just say, oh, the keys might be like the keys to the city.