Thematic Bible: A symbol of authority


Thematic Bible




“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

“Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder,
When he opens no one will shut,
When he shuts no one will open.

Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him.


“I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near;
A star shall come forth from Jacob,
A scepter shall rise from Israel,
And shall crush through the forehead of Moab,
And tear down all the sons of Sheth.

“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers