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NASB | Revelation 1:18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 1:18 and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead). |
Bible Question: Jesus went into hell and took the keys from Satan to death, hell and the grave. Rev 1:18 and Eph 4:9 are the only scriptures I have found. Is there an actual scripture saying this? |
Bible Answer: justolneetor: Two trustworthy colleagues, Kalos and BradK, gave you fine answers to your question. In this short post I wish merely to point out that your question itself is what we might call 'loaded' -- that is, it is freighted with two major assumptions, both of which are wrong if we are to use the Bible as the sole standard upon which we are to base our faith. And that, by the way, is exactly what we do on SBF: we measure everything by the yardstick of Scripture. ...... ERROR ONE: Jesus went to hell. .... Consult any good Bible dictionary for the distinction between hell and Hades in the New Testament and hell and Sheol in the Old. ERROR TWO: Jesus took from Satan the keys to death, hell and the grave. ..... Keys are symbolic of authority and control in Scripture. Matter of fact, they still are. So if Satan indeed had authority over, and control of, death, hell and the grave, as you say, then pray tell me how he got it, when he got it, why he got it, and who gave it to him. This is an important question, friend, and I am not prepared to accept any answers to it from you or anyone else unless those answers are thoroughly documented with Scriptures that fully support the premise and leave no room for doubt. ..... I agree with my Christian brother, BradK, who suggested that perhaps you have been watching too much Word-of-Faith nonsense on TBN. In my economy, ANY exposure to these spreaders of false doctrine is too much! Much of what they say and teach is is laughable and would comedic if it weren't so damagingly heretical and even at times blasphemous. ...... Read and study God's pure word for yourself; be careful to choose your spiritual mentors; avoid false teachers like the plague; and please don't accept the polluted versions of the Gospel being bruited about by charlatans who infest your home like gnats and grub worms via TV and the Net, lead the gullible into egregious error, and infuscate the Gospel light like a total eclipse darkens the noon-day sun. --Hank |