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Originally Posted by Baron1710
Take a closer look at that verse. it actually reads backward in English. Peter is to declare what has already been established in Heaven not that Heaven is going to back Peter.
Segraves explained it to us like this...
Whatsoever you bind on earth shall be as having already been bound in heaven.
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Reads backwards? How so? I guess I'm not understanding your point clearly.
This doesn't seem to be a mysterious verse to me. Upon this "rock" (revelation) I build my church... you are Peter and I give you keys (authority) to bind and loose. This is the authority that the church has even today. In a primary reading, this is setting Peter up as the potential leader early on in the church (despite the knowledge that James was the leader of the church in the 1st century). This is why Catholics refer to Peter as their first pope.
I understand that Peter is not establishing anything that hasn't already been established, but that is exactly how the Spirit works anyway!
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