I have often wondered about the exchange between Jesus and Simon Peter in Matthew 16. You know those verses that tell how Jesus recognized Simon as being blessed to receive a revelation from God?  Then how He changed his name to Peter and told him he would be given the keys of the kingdom of heaven? I can comprehend the word imagery Jesus used of keys and things being bound and loosed in heaven and earth, but understanding these concepts as Jesus intended can be challenging. Peter and the other disciples may......

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