Thematic Bible: A symbol of authority


Thematic Bible




"To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia, write: "The one who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens a door that no one can shut, and who shuts a door that no one can open, "says this:

I will give you the keys to the kingdom from heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven."

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit, with a large chain in his hand.

"I'll place on his shoulder the key to the house of David what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will open.

When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.


I can see him, but not right now. I observe him, but from a distance. A star streams forth from Jacob; a scepter arises from Israel. He will crush Moab's forehead, along with all of Seth's descendants.

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,


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