It comes from Matthew 16
15 “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
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So, yes, authority to “bind and loose” in heaven and on earth. How that’s supposed to work alongside it being Jesus separating the sheep from the goats is anyone’s guess.
The reason this takes place at the “pearly gates” is because the new Jerusalem descending from heaven in Revelation is described as having giant pearls for gates.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I wonder if enough technicians go to heaven if the pearly gates can be automated and St Peter could finally retire.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Imagine being sent to hell over a database error
moistclump@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Going to name my kid [NULL] so he has a fighting chance.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Little Bobby Tables is gonna break the pearly gates
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 day ago
They use an id system
jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Imagine being sent to hell to be a database administrator. MySQL and Access, obviously
jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
THE FACTORY MUST GROW
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 days ago
St Peter gets laid off, and unionises the other saints to go on strike.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Lucifer was cast out of hell for forming the first union.