Jesus gave St. Peter the Keys

SS April 25, 2013 at 4:29 pm
Not so.
Isaiah 22:
20 “In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 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. 23 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father. 24 All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.
Rev 3:7 says:
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens , says this” 

Isaiah 22 and Eliakim point to Christ, not Peter.

Please explain why Isaiah 2 and Eliakim can not point to both Christ and St. Peter.

There’s only one key involved here (key not ‘keys’), the key to the House of David. And the one who holds that key is Christ, as the above in Revelation states clearly.

The metaphor is not about the number of keys in possession, but about the ability to bind and loose in the Kingdom of Heaven which is the same thing as the House of David because Christ rules there.

1.  These are the things which you neglect.  Christ is the King of Kings.  Therefore, He always has the Key.  Just because He gave a set to St. Peter doesn't mean that He would therefore be unable to open the doors of His own household.

2.  But St. Peter is the Prime minister, just as Eliakim, and he possesses the keys not by right of birth, but by the grace of God, just like Eliakim.

3.  As for the number of keys, it is the same metaphor.  The keys or key symbolize the power to bind and loose in the Kingdom of Heaven.  If anything, the fact that Jesus gave St. Peter a set of keys means that he has more power than did Eliakim of old.  Not less.  And it certainly doesn't mean that Jesus gave away His own set of keys.

Sincerely,

De Maria