When did jesus take the keys of hell?

Answer 1

It would be rather naive to believe that either heaven or hell, if indeed they do exist, would have or need keys. Against whom would hell be locked?

Answer 2

That is how it is interpreted by some Christian denominations.

Answer:

"I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I AM ALIVE FOR EVERMORE, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." (Rev.1:18)

The "hell" Jesus mentions here is "hades" -- the "grave." The "grave" [hell] is where they put His dead body. So, yes... He "went to hell" to "get those keys."

You use a "key" to lock something... but a key also UN-locks.

Jesus overcame death and is the only man to ever have returned from hell [the grave] "immortal."

Other men have been revived from death... to this very day we hear and read of this happening. But, they all revive with the same "mortality" with which they died, only to die again, later.

Jesus Christ has "overcome" that problem.

He has the "keys" [the power] to "unlock the graves" of men. It's through Him that Eternal Life [immortality] may be had.

"...even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the Firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at His coming." (I Cor.15:22-23)

When Jesus Christ returns... He will "open graves"... and His elect will resurrect "immortal."

"...This is the first resurrection... on such the second death hath no power..." (Rev.20:5-6)

"Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep [die], but we shall all be changed... the dead shall be raised incorruptible... this mortal must put on immortality." (verses 51-53)

He has the "keys" to "lock up death," so that it won't harm anyone.

"Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power [the rule, authority and power of men... as well as the 'god of this world' whom men worship, Satan the Devil]. For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyedis DEATH." (verses 24-26)

Jesus wasn't "alive" in the grave... He was "dead." He didn't walk into the tomb and grab the keys from Satan, who was sitting there waiting for Him, as some might picture it.

The "keys" Jesus has, He acquired by "returning from hell," [the 'land of the enemy,' death and Satan]. He resurrected from death, immortal... to live for evermore.

"...that through death He might destroy him that HAD the power of death, that is, the Devil..." (Heb.2:14)

Jesus took the "keys of the grave and death" from Satan... not by going to the grave [hell] -- but by returning from there... by overcoming them.

Answer 3

Yes. He already has them. He took them when He descended into the lower parts of the Earth and took out the Old Testament saints from Abraham's bosom and up into heaven the day He died on the cross. Jesus accomplished a great work on Calvary.

Psalm 68:18, Ephesians 4:8,9,10.

Answer 4

Although it is stated that Jesus has the keys it is not certain that it is directly stated why this is so. Probably the answer lies in the fact that He is the judge, who thus has the power to send people to the place of eternal torment for failing, ultimately, to believe in Him when they are in fact 'without excuse' (Romans 1:20).

The preceding is a very unscriptural view of hell. First of all, reference to the keys of hell is found at Revelation 20:1 where an angel is given the keys of the abyss, into which the Devil and his demons are thrown for the 1,000 years. Verse three explains why he was abyssed, saying: "that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended." It says nothing about any humans being in the abyss with him, only "his angels".

For more information on Hell or Hades, please see the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses at www.watchtower.org

Answer 5

Revelation 1:18 and the living one; and I became dead, but, look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Ha′des.

He says that he has the keys, not that he had to take them away from anyone. Satan cannot resurrect anyone. Only Jesus has that power, granted by his Father.

Answer 6

Jesus took the keys of hell from the devil, during the 4-day period while he was dead on the cross and in the tomb. The keys were the way to heaven. If Jesus hadn't captured them, humanity would have no way to going to heaven. (I'm sure glad God sent him to do that!!)

Answer 7

The Bible never puts these two things together.

Answer 8

Was it while he was on the cross of Calvary