Thursday, October 30, 2008

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." (Matthew 16:19)

Jesus is speaking to Peter.

What are those verbs: bind and bound, loose and loosed?

Deo is to bind, tie, knot, weave or knit.

Luo is to loosen, dissolve, melt, and destroy.

Whatever we do in this kingdom is reflected in the other kingdom.

How we experience and engage this reality is how we open ourselves to the reign of God.

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