He was able to do the same with the household of Cornelius (Acts 10-11 cf. This privilege of binding and loosing was seen in Peter's life as he had the privilege on the day of Pentecost to proclaim the gospel and announce to all those who responded in saving faith that their sins had been forgiven (Acts 2). Peter simply carried out God's directions. 'These were decisions Peter was to implement as he received instructions from heaven, for the binding and loosing occurred there first. The Bible Knowledge Commentary, New Testament, An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty, p. The words 'binding' and 'loosing' refer to prohibiting and permitting. The kingdom of heaven in this passage refers to the dispensation of the church which is a shadow form of the physical kingdom which will be set up when Christ returns at the end of the tribulation. Matt 16:19 ''I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.''
In Matthew 16:19 Jesus told Peter that he would be given the keys of the kingdom of heaven and that what he bound on earth would be bound in heaven, and that whatever he loosed on earth would be loosed in heaven.
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