2nd CHANCE--WHAT IS WHATEVER?

In Matthew 16:13 -20,

Jesus tells Peter he will give him the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

In verse 19, Jesus adds:

"and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven

and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

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SOMEONE....ANYONE,

CAN YOU INTERPRET THE VERSE ABOVE?

What is whatever?

I do not presume to have the answer, but this is what I think it means. "Whatever bound on earth" is like if you don't forgive someone, or you judge someone. Jesus says if you don't forgive others of their trespasses, then the Father won't forgive you. Like the story about the man who was forgiven a big debt, then turned around and tried to collect a smaller debt from someone else. So the master who'd forgiven the first debt wasn't at all happy with that man for holding the other accountable.

He says, "judge not that you will not be condemned, get the board out before picking at someone else's speck." [my paraphrases here]

So I think, when Jesus handed Peter the keys, He let Peter know that whatever He bound and covenanted with in his heart on earth would be bound in Heaven.

And since He said, "whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven, is when you let go of trespasses against you, and folks who treat you rotten, then let go of it...forgive others...hit the delete button in your brain, then you have released all judgement against that other person for faults he had against you.

SHUCKS, I have no idea if this is even close, but would sure like to hear from anyone who has a different take on it. I don't think it's talking about salvation, because even though Peter has the keys (which may be like the hermeneutical of Jesus being the "Door"), Peter's binding and loosening of anything for anyone could not affect or effect their individual salvation.

So here I am. It's midnight.

And I'm just wondering if anyone has AN answer.

Pause and think on it.

He must increase and I must decrease.

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