Revelation 1:18

Christ is the living one who died, now lives forever, and holds the keys of Death and Hades. It matters because the risen Lord has conquered death and rules over it for his people.

Cross-references · 22

• Rom 6:9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
• Heb 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
• Rom 14:8–9If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
• Ps 68:20Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
• Rev 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
• Isa 22:22I 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.
• Matt 16:19I 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.”
• Heb 7:16one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
• Rev 20:1–2Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
• Heb 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
• Heb 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
• Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
• 2 Cor 5:14–15For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
• Rev 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
• Rev 4:9And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,
• 2 Cor 13:4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
• John 14:19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
• Ps 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
• Col 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
• Rev 9:1Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
• Rev 5:14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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