Dear Brother,

Thank you again for your tireless service to the Body of Christ.  You and Sandi bless us so very much, and I praise God for the gift you both are to this flock of Christ.

Mike, in your most recent study you wrote:

“We have seen that the key to the house of David is the same as the keys to the kingdom of heaven because both give us the power to bind on earth that which has been bound in heaven and to loose on earth that which has been loosed in heaven.”

We also read in Revelation…

Rev 1:18  and the Living One, and I became dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death.

…and…

Rev 20:1  And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

So I am thinking that by “The Dream Is One” principle, the key would be the same key, that key being Christ, who is able to open our understanding of spiritual knowledge.

Luk 24:45  And He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.

The place of “hell and death” or the “abyss” is just the  “kingdom” while the beast still sits on the throne and before Christ comes into His kingdom within us, and opening up “death and hell” or “the abyss” is the same as saying Christ  “has the keys of the kingdom” and that Christ comes to this kingdom to take up His rightful seat.

That is why Christ says:

Mat 16:18  And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mat 16:19  And I will give the keys of the kingdom of Heaven to you. And whatever you may bind on earth shall occur, having been bound in Heaven, and whatever you may loose on earth shall occur, having been loosed in Heaven.

“Hell” IS the “kingdom of God” because it WILL BE.

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ. And He will reign forever and ever.

The dream is ONE!

I am fairly sure I am seeing this right, but just want to run by you.

In Christ,
U____

Hi U____,

You have just expanded my understanding of this subject of the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

You are exactly right: “the dream is one”, and the keys of death and hell and the key to the bottomless pit, are also all one.

I have been saying the same thing, but I had not yet made this connection when I said ‘The key of David, the keys to the kingdom both give us the power to bind and to loose what has already been bound or loosed in heaven. Therefore it is essential that we know what has been bound and loosed in heaven before we can use those keys.’

I have also pointed out that the things that are bound and loosed in heaven is just a way of expressing what is the mind of God and His Son. If we have their mind, we have “life eternal”:

Joh 17:3  And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Knowing what is the key to death and hell, and knowing what is the key to the bottomless pit, is part of knowing what are the keys of David and the keys to the kingdom of heaven, because as was pointed out yesterday, Christ’s throne in His kingdom, the kingdom of heaven, is typified by “the throne of His father David”:

Luk 1:32  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

This is such a blessing. All those apparently different keys are all simply a matter of knowing God and Jesus.

This is a wonderful revelation. God bless you for sharing your gold with all of us. You give it away, and He will give you more!

Your grateful brother and fellow servant of Christ, and His Christ.

Mike