Matthew 16:
13 Now when Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi [where Pan's Gates of Hell cave was], He asked His disciples, Who do people say that the Son of Man is?
14 And they answered, Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.
15 He said to them, But who do you say that I am?
16 Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 Then Jesus answered him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah. For men have not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven.
18 And I tell you, you are Peter [Greek, Petros—a large piece of rock], and on this rock [Greek, petra—a huge rock like Gibraltar--meaning the Revelation that I am Christ] I will build My church, and the gates of Hades (the powers of the infernal region) shall not overpower it.
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven.
They will break out, pass through the gate and go out;
So their King goes on before them,
The Lord at their head.”
video: News of the Kingdom | Troy Brewer | ODX.TV:
sermon notes: DAYS OF THUNDER 3: News of the Kingdom – ODX.TV:"Fundamental Christianity 101: the foundation that of Christianity Jesus builds his church upon is this: if you have faith, it's because you heard the Father speak to you."
Jesus asks who the people say He is and then asks who the disciples say He is. Peter says Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus says this declaration of faith will be the rock on which He will build His church.
Caesarea Philippi was a town built by Phillip–the the son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra. This is the same Phillip (called Herod) who was married to Salome. Salome conned his brother into decapitating and killing John the Baptist.
So he’s a bad guy. He builds a temple to worship Caesar and that place is called Caesarea Philippi. The place where you worship Caesar that was built by this ruler called Phillip.
The reason Philip built a temple to worship Caesar there is because it was a place for Pagan worship. Pan was said to live there in this giant cave that Pan worshippers called his grotto, but the locals called it “The Gates of Hell.” All kinds of terrible sacrifice happened there. Pan was said to come out of the gates of hell, this giant cave. He was half man and half goat, and he terrorized everybody. It’s where we get the word “panic”, "pandemonium" and “pandemic” from.
So, imagine Jesus taking his disciples to this terribly offensive and scary place to have a chat." ........
To the Darkness we say: YOU HAVE LOST AND WE HAVE WON, HALLELUJAH!
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