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Revelation 3:7-8 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word, and hast not denied My name."
Isaiah 22:20-22
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
21 And I will clothe Him with thy robe, and strengthen Him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into His hand: and He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon His shoulder; so He shall open, and none shall shut; and He shall shut, and none shall open.
23 And I will fasten Him as a nail in a sure place; and He shall be for a glorious throne to His Father's house.
24 And they shall hang upon Him all the glory of His Father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
Jesus is Eliakim, God of raising; and Hilkiah, the portion of Yah, according to Strong's Concordance.
The key means:
"a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve:--appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent."
The house means:
"probably from 'banah'; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out)."
David means:
"from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle:--(well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle."
Doesn't Isaiah 22:22 match Isaiah 42:6-7 fairly closely?
"I the LORD have called Thee in righteousness, and will hold Thine hand, and will keep Thee, and give Thee for a Covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."
So... doesn't the Covenant itself mean the Key? In fact, those words are so closely intertwined, that the Covenant is a gift of love from the throne room of the Ancient of Days. The God of Raising and Son of God, will Open Prisons, by Love. Jesus is the Covenant, incarnate.
Philadelphia, the church of Brotherly Love, has kept the word of Jesus, and has never denied the authority of His name/position. This brotherly love is the first love that Ephesus was losing. Smyrna had that love back, to such a degree that they were poor because they had given all they had to their ever-expanding fellowship of brothers, and so they were rich in the eyes of Heaven; I believe this to be the first persecuted church. The things that apply to Smyrna will apply to last-church Philadelphia, IMHO; I say last-church because, as of today, I don't think that Laodicea will be part of the Bride; I think they will be the multitude upon the sea of glass, singing the song of Moses.
And as of today, I believe that the two witnesses are either the Law and the Prophets as represented in Moses and Elijah... or they're the divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah, which would make them also the 144k.
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I started this thread because of the inspiration I found in Fellowship and Games. I named this thread Other Sheep, because Jesus says He came only unto the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel, by which He had to mean none other than the literal Northern Kingdom. If you hear His voice, you are the Other Sheep, and almost certainly a genetic member of the House of Israel.
John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
[Judah/Benjamin was never lost.]
Just more theory based on Dispensationalism.
The key of David is about being sealed with God's sealing by The Holy Spirit, and having been given to 'know' the "strong meat" of Hebrews 5.
Out of the seven Churches in Asia, only two Churches our Lord Jesus had no problem with. And those two both had common knowledge of something which with the other five Churches there is no mention. Can you identify what Jesus showed the two Churches had in common?
Rev 2:8-11
8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
KJV
Rev 3:7-11
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
KJV
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