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To: PROLIFE who wrote (650)	10/2/2001 11:38:59 AM
From: justinmartyr	Read Replies (1) of 5569

Yes, God is no respecter of persons and we Christians are all part of the universal priesthood and our Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, but our Lord did not leave his Church in a state of spiritual anarchy to leave a legacy of a spiritual "free-for-all". He set up authority structures that He Himself delegated and intended to last until His Second Coming in power and glory. Upon Peter he conferred the "keys of the kingdom" which harkens back to Isaiah 22 (see the cross reference guide in most Bibles). Those keys are a symbol of an office and an authority. The passage from Isaiah 22 records the deposing of Shebna, the "prime minister" of the house of David and the inauguration of Eliakim to that office by the placing of the "key of the house of David" on his shoulder. Another interesting tidbit is that David had been dead for several hundred years when Isaiah prophesied this, and yet he refers to it as the Key of David and as still existing in his own day. The keys of the kingdom represent legislative and dynastic authority (to bind and loose) in the Messianic kingdom. Now Matthew's gospel is all about the Kingdom of God and Jesus our Lord as David's greater Son. As the Son of David, the Messiah, He is conferring on blessed Peter a leadership office, which is greater than Peter himself and is of such magnitude that it will last as long as the Church does. Here is a prophecy and a promise from the mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ that has been fulfilled in time and space right down to our own day. Peter is the rock in the Rock and we are all sons in the Son and priests in the great High Priest. Thanks be to God! The grace and peace of Christ be with all posters on this board.

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