KINGDOM CONCEPT OF KEYS

KEYS OF THE KINGDOM JESUS IN THE COMPANY OF HIS INNER CIRCLE, HIS MOST INTIMATE FOLLOWERS 12 DISCIPLES, HE ASKED THEM A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION : 13 Now when Jesus went into the [a]region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they answered, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah, or [just] one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of the living God.” 17 Then Jesus answered him, “Blessed [happy, spiritually secure, favored by God] are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood (mortal man) did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I say to you that you are [b]Peter, and on this [c]rock I will build My church; and the[d]gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it [by preventing the resurrection of the Christ]. 19 I will give you the keys (authority) of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth [e]will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth [f]will have [already] been loosed in heaven.” IN THE JEWISH FAITH OF THAT DAY THE TITLES “CHRIST AND SON OF THE LIVING GOD” WERE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MESSIAH ...THE DELIVERER OF ISRAEL AND HOPE OF THE WORLD WHO HAD BEEN PROPHESIED FOR CENTURIES. SO SIMON PETER WAS CONFESSING HIS BELIEF THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH. JESUS TELLS PETER THAT HE DID NOT ARRIVE AT THIS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH HIS OWN UNDERSTANDING IT WAS GIVING TO HIM THROUGH SUPERNATURAL REVELATION JESUS REPLIES UPON THE “ROCK” OF PETER’S CONFESSION OF FAITH HE WILL BUILD HIS CHURCH, (THE GREEK WORD FOR CHURCH IS ECCLESIA) A WORD THAT IS WIDELY MISUNDERSTOOD. BECAUSE IT IS TRANSLATED HERE AS “CHURCH” MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ECCLESIA IS A RELIGIOUS WORD. BUT IT’S NOT, ACTUALLY IT IS A GOVERNMENTAL TERM, THAT MEANS “CALLED-OUT ONE”....IT WAS USED BY THE GREEKS TO REFER TO THE SENATE OR POLITICAL GROUPS THAT WERE CHOSEN BY THE “DEMOCRAT” OR GOVERMENT. THE GREEKS INVENTED THE CONCEPT OF DEMOCRACY BUT NEVER REALLY APPLIED IT. (The word "democracy," as well as the concept it represents, can be traced back to the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The beginnings of democracy can be credited to the Greeks of the sixth century BC. The word comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the people," and kratein, meaning "to rule." These two words are joined together to form democracy, literally meaning "rule by the people" (Pious)) WHEN THE ROMANS OVERRAN THE GREEK EMPIRE THEY ADOPTED MUCH OF THE GREEK THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHY INCLUDING DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPED THEM. THIS IS HOW CAESAR DEVELOPED SUCH A POWERFUL GOVERNMENT. IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE THE SENATE -THE ECCLESIA- WAS LIKE THE CABINET IN A MODERN DEMOCRACY. THE SENATE WAS THE POWERHOUSE. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE HANDPICKED BY THE EMPEROR TO RECEIVE HIS THOUGHTS, HIS DESIRES, HIS PASSION, AND HIS INTENT. THEIR JOB WAS TO TAKE THE MIND OF THE KING AND TURN IT INTO LEGISLATION:(LAW) THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE KINGDOM. THEY WERE TO KNOW HIS MIND AND SEE THAT EVERYTHING HE WISHED WAS CARRIED OUT. IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO THIS THEY HAD STAY CLOSELY IN CONTACT WITH HIM, THEY HAD TO TALK TO HIM (PRAY) AND HE HAD TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED IN THE KINGDOM.(HIS WORD) BECAUSE JESUS USED ECCLESIA TO DESCRIBE THE BODY OF FOLLOWERS THAT HE WAS ESTABLISHING TELLS US 2 THINGS

1. THE WORD CHURCH ITSELF IS A POLITICAL RATHER THAN A RELIGIOUS TERM.

2. HIS ENTIRE DISCUSSION ABOUT KEYS AND ABOUT BINDING AND LOOSING IS NOT RELIGIOUS BUT POLITICAL.

JESUS WAS SAYING HIS ECCLESIA, HIS CABINET HE WILL BUILD ON THE FACT THAT HE IS THE CHRIST THE “ANOINTED KING” THE LORD OF LORDS AND SON OF THE LIVING GOD. SO WE SEE WHEN HE SAID TO PETER “UPON THE ROCK OF YOUR CONFESSION OF WHO I AM, I WILL BUILD MY GOVERNMENT, I WILL BUILD MY SENATE, MY CABINET, MY ADMINISTRATION WHO WILL CARRY OUT MY WISHES AND MY WILL…….SO JESUS ESTABLISHED NOT A RELIGION BUT A POLITICAL FORCE SO THE ECCLESIA-THE CALLED-OUT ONES IS A SECRET GROUP ENTRUSTED WITH SECRET INFORMATION CRITICAL FOR THE OPERATION OF THE KINGDOM. THIS GROUP WILL BE SO POWERFUL THAT EVEN THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT BE STRONGER THAN IT, OVERPOWER IT. THE SECRET INFORMATION THAT JESUS GIVES HIS CABINET IS THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH WILL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN. HE GIVES US THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM. UNDERSTAND HIS SAYS KEYS OF THE KINGDOM NOT TO THE KINGDOM. AS

KINGDOM CITIZENS WE ARE ALREADY IN THE KINGDOM ; WE DON’T NEED THE KEYS TO IT, WE NEED AND WANT WHAT JESUS HAS GIVEN US THE KEYS THAT WILL UNLOCK THE POWER OF THE KINGDOM AND MAKE IT WORK IN OUR LIVES, PLEASE UNDERSTAND KINGDOM CITIZEN AND ONLY KINGDOM CITIZENS HAVE THESE KEYS, CITIZENSHIP IN THE KINGDOM IS A REQUIREMENT FOR GETTING THE KEYS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE WHO ARE KINGDOM CITIZENS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE OPERATING ON A LEVEL THAT BLOWS OTHER PEOPLE’S MINDS. WE HAVE ACCESS TO A POWER THAT MYSTIFIES THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET IN THE KINGDOM WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIVING LIFE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL WHERE WE ARE TAPPING INTO RESOURCES THAT OTHERS CANNOT EXPLAIN.