The Key of David

Question:

These words have come to me in a strange way ... along with a key. I sense it is important. From my Catholic past, it meant a priest with the power to loose or bind sins. I now know it means much more. It is a message for me (and everyone). But what of?

Comment:

I think you might be confusing (understandably) the “key of David” and the metaphorical “keys to the kingdom” that the Catholic Church believes Jesus bestowed on the apostle Peter and his successors as Bishop of Rome.   References to the key of David appear twice in the Bible: once in the Old Testament and once in the New. In the Book of Isaiah (22:22) we read: “I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open.” Isaiah is referring specifically to the calling of Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, to a position of power in Israel. He will replace Shebna, who has earned the prophet’s (and presumably God’s) disfavor by building a splendid tomb for himself. The position in question was that of majordomo to the king—and in that position he would indeed hold the keys of the house of David—but only on behalf of the true king.   In the Revelation to John (3:7), the author picks up not just the image but the exact language. “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.” This is part of the sixth of seven letters dictated to seven churches in Asia Minor. Metaphysically, I understand them to represent the seven chakras. The message in each case is basically the same: I know you have done good works, but you’ve fallen short of expectations. Shape up! We can only accomplish the great spiritual purpose for which we have come into human form if we are fully awake, fully aware and fully in possession of all the various aspects of the power of God expressing through us. This sixth letter relates to the sixth chakra, the “third eye” of spiritual insight centered in the forehead between our two physical eyes. That dimension of spiritual sight and awareness is the “key” that allows us to understand everything we experience as a part of our spiritual purpose—either moving us forward or teaching us valuable lessons.   Blessings!

Rev. Ed