1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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Here, "keys of hell and of death" is literally, "keys of Hades and of Thanatos." We may assume that Christ obtained the keys when He went into Hades at His death in 30 AD.
1:13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
1:14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
1:15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
1:17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
1:19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
1:20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.