In the biblical narrative, authority and power are entrusted to believers, symbolized by the possession of keys. Jesus confers this authority on Peter in Matthew 16:19, and similarly on the disciples in Matthew 18:18, signifying their role in binding and loosing on earth and in heaven. This concept is prefigured in Isaiah 22:22, where Eliakim is given the key to the house of David, and is further developed in 1 Peter 3:22, where Jesus is seen as having authority over all things. Through these scriptures, the Bible teaches that believers have been given spiritual authority to unlock the kingdom of heaven and advance God's purposes on earth.
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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.”
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.
Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of 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, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.