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The Gates of Sheol

The Gates of Sheol. The most serious threat to the Church. Mat. 16:15-17: “ Who do you say that I am ?”.

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The Gates of Sheol

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  1. The Gates of Sheol • The most seriousthreat to the Church

  2. Mat. 16:15-17: “Who do yousaythat I am?” • Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  And Jesus answered him,  “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 

  3. Mat. 16:18-19: The Church and the Gates of hell • And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

  4. The gates of what ??? • Hell (English Standard Version) • Hades (NIV, Greek) ᾅδης • Sheol(Hebrew, Aramaic) שְׁאוֹל

  5. The most seriousthreat to the Churchand itsremedy • Mat. 16:18-19 • And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hellshall not prevail against it. 

  6. The problem:HumanincapacityfacingDeath • Job 38:17 [Greekversion] • God answeringJob’scomplaints: • "Do the gates of death • open to you out of fear, • and did the porters of Sheol • cowerwhentheysawyou?"

  7. lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate

  8. Cerberus and Heracles

  9. The remedy: knowingChrist • Mat. 16:15-17 • Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  And Jesus answered him,  “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 

  10. The remedy: Let Christbuild • Mat. 16:18 • “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

  11. The remedy: Let Christ set free • Mat. 16:19 • “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”  

  12. Christ’svictory: Christian creeds • Credo of Sirmium, AD 359 • “He was crucified and died, • He went down to the underworld • and restored order over there. • The porters of Sheol saw him • and they shivered. • He rose from the dead • on the third day …”

  13. Christ’svictory: Christian Hymns • The Odes of Solomon, ca. AD 100 • Odes 42,a • I extended my hands and approached my Lord, • for the expansion of my hands is His sign. • And my extension is the upright cross, • that was lifted up on the way • of the Righteous One.

  14. Odes 42,b • And I became useless to those who knew me not, • because I shall hide myself • from those who possessed me not. • And I will be with those who love me. • All my persecutors have died, and they sought me, • they who declared against me, because I am living.

  15. Odes 42,c • Then I arose and am with them, • and will speak by their mouths. • For they have rejected those who persecute them; • and I threw over them the yoke of my love. • Like the arm of the bridegroom over the bride, • so is my yoke over those who know me. • And as the bridal chamber is spread out • by the bridal pair's home, • so is my love by those who believe in me.

  16. Odes 42,d • I was not rejected • although I was considered to be so, • and I did not perish • although they thought it of me. • Sheol saw me and was shattered, • and Death ejected me and many with me. • I have been vinegar and bitterness to it, • and I went down with it as far as its depth.

  17. Odes 42,e • Then the feet and the head it released, • because it was not able to endure my face. • And I made a congregation of living • among his dead; • and I spoke with them by living lips; • in order that my word may not be unprofitable. • And those who had died ran towards me; • and they cried out and said,

  18. Odes 42,f • "Son of God, have pity on us. • And deal with us according to Your kindness, • and bring us out from the bonds of darkness. • And open for us the door • by which we may come out to You; • for we perceive that our death • does not touch You. • May we also be saved with You, • because You are our Savior."

  19. Odes 42,g • Then I heard their voice, • and placed their faith in my heart. • And I placed my name upon their head, • because they are free • and they are mine. • Hallelujah.

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