Revelation 1:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

That liveth

Was

I am alive

Revelation 4:9

Revelation 5:14

Hebrews 7:16

The keys

General references

Isaiah 43:11

1 Corinthians 15:13

Hebrews 13:8

Bible References

That liveth

As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.

The Lord is alive! My protector is praiseworthy! The God who delivers me is exalted as king!

In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Was

If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

I am alive

And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

And the four living creatures were saying "Amen," and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

The keys

"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open:

Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.

Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.

I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.

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."

General references

I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me.

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!