Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The prime minister


It is wacky how some people do not believe in the supremacy of Peter as the first Pope or the “prime minister” of the Catholic Church.
As prophesized by Isaiah in chapter 22, verse 15 to 20:

This is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: 

"Go, say to this steward, to Shebna, who is in charge of the palace: What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock? "Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, O you mighty man. He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there your splendid chariots will remain you disgrace to your master's house! I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position… "In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will be a seat of honor for the house of his father. All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.
Like Eliakim, Peter has the keys of the everlasting Kingdom, as mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 16, verse 17:
Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 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. 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." Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
It is very clear that Peter has the authority as the prime minister of Christ; the Prophet Isaiah makes us release the huge connection between the Old and New Testament.

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