Matt 16;19, And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven...So what is the Catholic mystery?

Question

Constantine's Chi Rho Cross Signet in Relation to Peter's Basil.

The Chi Rho Cross,

http://www.seiyaku.com/images/cross/chi-rho-emblem.jpg

St Peter's Basilica :The Courtyard,

Notice the floor pattern,

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/images/rome/st-peters/resized/aerial.jpg

The floor pattern of St. Peter's basilica is the same signal Constantine used. I know it represents constellation Orion but what do the 3 stars sun like stars represent in the 1st degree tracing board?

As seen in,

http://www.masonicpaedia.org/pictures/TB-1emulation.gif

The three stars are what?

And which star is the ladder laying upon in the 1st degree tracing board, is the LADDER a representation of St. Peter's obelisk within itself?

What is the mystery? What is the story of the stars told in sequence, IF God made the stars signs of prophecy.

Answer 1

Certainly in Matthew 16 Jesus is referring to the prophecy of Isaiah in Isaiah 22 and in doing so He is fulfilling the prophetic imagery prophesied by the prophet Isaiah. The prime minister referred to by Isaiah is a type for the appointment of St. Peter to be the leader, steward and authority over His family or household. It further emphasizes by Christ’s actions in His appointment that He, Jesus, having received the throne of David by virtue of His Father is asserting His claim to the throne of David and as the rightful successor as king of all of Judah and Israel. He fulfills this by asserting the legal precedent necessary to fulfill prophecy and appoints St. Peter as the steward over His kingdom. He is claiming by this action what He came to do which was to establish a new and enduring Covenant with His Kingdom. But was this Kingdom fully established at this time or was it just a stepping stone to the establishing of His Kingdom in His appointment of St. Peter in Matthew 16? Certainly, the time had not yet come for the Prime Minister, St. Peter, to exercise the power of the keys for Christ had not yet revealed His glory or made claim to His kingdom with the establishment of the New Covenant. This would not happen until Calvary where Jesus would from the cross drink of the cup of consummation from the hyssop branch and then utter the words, “it is finished” after which He gave up His Spirit and His glory was revealed. He would finish His redemptive work three days later when He raised from the dead. Only then was all prophecy fulfilled and the law satisfied. St. Peter was now endowed with the Authority of Christ to be the royal steward over Christ’s kingdom. So great was this authority that He had the authority to bind or loose on earth as well as in heaven and became the spiritual father of Christ’s family. The keys represent the supremacy of the power bestowed on St. Peter and he is fastened on a peg and carries the weight of maintaining the King’s (Christ’s) house. So great are the parallels between Eliakim and St. Peter that it is implausible to deny that Eliakim is a type for St. Peter. The new kingdom is not a kingdom of land and of a people but it is the establishment of a spiritual kingdom of God and not of men. Keeping with the typology the office of Eliakim was an enduring office and so too is the office that St. Peter to which he has been appointed. Only the prime minister holds the keys of supreme authority and not only the first among equals but the special and singular authority among the disciples and visible head of the Church.



Let us look directly at the parallels between Isaiah 22 and Matthew 16.



The prime minister in David’s household had successors:



Isa 22:15, 1 Kings 4:6, & 18:3, 2 Kings 10:5, 15:5, 18:18



We see the full authority given to the prime minister:



Isa 22:22, Mat 16:19, Rev 3:7



Further teaching of the authority of the prime minister:



Mat 24:45, Luk 12:42, Gen 41:40, Gen 43:19



God bless!



In Christ

Fr. Joseph

Answer 2

You should have read further, because in Matthew 16:23 the biblical Jesus said to Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan: Thou art an offense to me, for thou savourist not the things that be of god, but those that be of men." It is quite obvious that the biblical Jesus REJECTED Peter considering him to be Satan, therefore, any church based on Peter would be a church of Satan.



The Chi Rho cross existed many years before Christianity and represented the Greek god Chronus, time eternal. When Constantine saw the Chi Rho on the face of the sun it represented his sun god Sol Invictus.

Answer 3

Why is the roman catholic church delving into astrology? There is no saving grace in astrology

Besides the Roman catholic church has interpreted this saying of Christ all wrong.



Notice Jesus asks His disciples "Whom do people say I am? and some answer, a prophet, others a teacher etc, then Jesus asks But you Simon Peter, whom do you think I am? and Peter answers

"Thou art the christ the Son of the Living God" and Christ mentions that flesh and blood had not revealed this to Peter, but it was the Holy spirit speaking through Peter. And this is why Christ said

you are Peter and upon this rock will I built my church. So it is the faith which is implanted in us that Christ is the Son of the Living God through the Holy spirit upon which Christ will build His church, not on peter, as peter was flesh and blood just like us.

We thank thee Father who hast planted

Thy Holy Name within our hearts

True knowledge, faith and life immortal Christ Thy son to us imparts