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I think you might have the right of that, @SarahsKnight
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Isaiah 22:22-25
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.
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.
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.
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. In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Correct me if I am wrong, I just couldn't help the similarities here.
I notice the similarities between this verse and Matthew 16: 17-19
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
both are about a King talking to one of his trusted administrators
both talk about a key
both talk about the power to place or remove or bind and loose
However I didn't quite understand this: Matthew 8:11-12 when He spoke to the crowd that followed Him.
I think he was referring to the gentile believers and the jewish ones here.
The jewish ones of course already had the covenant, were circumcised and were born into the kingdom so to speak. The gentiles were not.
jesus turned this upside down and the new covenant is accepted by faith, not circumcision at birth.