Revelation 1:18
18[kai] I am he that liveth,[zao] and[kai] was[ginomai] dead;[nekros] and,[kai] behold,[idou] I am[eimi] alive[zao] for[eis] evermore[aion],[aion] Amen;[amen] and[kai] have[echo] the keys[kleis] of hell[hades] and[kai] of death.[thanatos] KJV-Interlinear
18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the
keys of death and of Hades. NASB
Jesus Christ is the one and only ‘living’ God, John
1:4; 14:6, Josh 3:10; 1 Sam 17:26; Ps 84:2; Hos 1:10;
Matt 16:16; 26:63; Acts 14:15; Rom 9:26; 2 Cor 3:3;
6:16; 1 Thess 1:9; 1 Tim 3:15; 4:10; Heb 3:12; 9:14;
10:31; Rev 7:2.
And as God, Jesus Christ became man forming the
unique person in all of existence.And
as man lived the perfect life, as no other man can accomplish such a life. Jesus Christ went to the Cross to pay the
penalty of sin, through death, and died spiritually while physically alive on
the Cross, and then died as a physical human being.
He was placed in the grave for three full days,
seventy-two hours, and then arose alive once again, having conquered death and
then ascended into heaven where God the Father gave Him His rightful place at
the Father’s right hand, the place of ultimate authority and full glory.
The death of Christ accomplished once, for all
time, here stated as forevermore, the question of sin and death. There will no longer be any need for another
sacrifice, no longer any need for another divine death. The means of salvation has been accomplished
and is permanent.It can never be
removed or lost nor is there any need to replace it, or add to it.
1 Peter 3:18
18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the
just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to
death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; NASB
Rom 6:9
9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the
dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. NASB
And having conquered death, Christ possesses in
effect mastery over death.He holds the keys
of death, having removed them from Satan.
Were it not for Satan, death would not exist. It is Satan who brought death into the world,
and Christ who has removed its power.
Heb 2:14
14 Since then the children share in flesh and
blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He
might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; NASB
Hades is equivalent with the Old Testament term Sheol.Both refer,
in general, to the Land of the dead.’
A more exact definition of Hades and Sheol, is
that they refer to a vast underground realm, called the ‘Underworld.’ In it are the residents of death.
The underworld has four compartments which separate
various categories of the dead.The four
compartments are, Tartarus, the Abyss, Torments, and
Paradise.
Human unbelievers go to Torments when they
die.That place remains active even
today.
Human believers went to Paradise, in Old Testament
times, but were transferred to Heaven immediately after the Cross. That place is now empty and permanently
vacant.
Tartarus holds the combination human/angel
creatures of Genesis 6, and the Abyss holds the worst of the worst demons.
The abyss will release its occupants during the
Tribulation, under the leadership of four demon generals, and they will spread
out across the planet in a rampage of death and destruction that will never be
matched in history.But we wouldn’t want
to spoil that story just yet.
In any case, Christ holds the keys of death, and therefore
controls all that are occupants within its realm.
Knowing that Christ possesses absolute control over
death, and knowing that you are aligned with Christ through faith, then death
no longer holds any threat against your life.
Even if you die a physical death as is common in human history, you will
be brought back to life, even as Christ is alive.
John 11:25-26
25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection
and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if
he dies,
26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this? " NASB
John 14:19
19 "After a little while the world will behold
Me no more; but you will behold Me; because I live,
you shall live also. NASB
2 Cor 5:8
8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather
to be absent from the body and to be at home [face to face] with the Lord. NASB
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