Revelation 1:18 — Community Reflections

REVELATION 1:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“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.”

I am the first and the last, and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades — Christ claims the titles reserved for God (Alpha and Omega, first and last) and announces his unique status: he died and rose, and this death-and-resurrection victory grants him sovereignty over Death and Hades themselves. The keys (exousia) represent absolute control; he alone determines who enters these realms.

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