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Apostolic Successionthe faithful ones that had comewith Peter who were of thosecircumcised were amazed, becausethe free gift of the holyspirit was being poured out alsoupon people of the nations . . . .Then Peter responded : 'Can anyoneforbid water so that thesemight not be baptized who havereceived the holy spirit even aswe have?' With that he commandedthem to be baptized inthe name of Jesus Christ ."Acts 11 :15-18 "But when Istarted to speak the holy spiritfell upon them just as it didalso upon us originally . At this Icalled to mind the saying of theLord, how he used to say : 'John,on the one hand, baptized withwater, but you will be baptizedin holy spirit .' If, therefore, Godgave the same free gift to themas he also did to us who havebelieved upon the Lord JesusChrist, who was I that I shouldbe able to hinder God?"Acts 15 :7 "Peter rose and saidto them : 'Brothers, you well knowthat from early days God madethe choice among you thatthrough my mouth people of thenations should hear the word ofthe good news and believe .' "Eph . 3 :5, 6 "In other generationsthis secret was not madeknown to the sons of men as ithas now been revealed to hisholy apostles and prophets byspirit, namely, that people of thenations should be joint heirs andfellow members of the body andpartakers with us of the promisein union with Christ Jesusthrough the good news."Time: End of 70th week ofspecial favor to the Jews, whichextended from fall of A.D . 29,at Jesus' baptism, to fall of A .D .36 (490 years from fall of 455B.C .) .-See Daniel 9 :24-27 .Keys not passed on; door stillopen to Jews and GentilesRev. 3 :7 "These are the thingshe says who is holy, who is true,who has the key of David, whoopens so that no one will shut,20and shuts so that no one opens ."Acts 14 :27 "When they had arrivedand had gathered the congregationtogether, they proceededto recount the manythings God had done by meansof them and that he had openedto the nations the door to faith."Keys had no further use byPeter; not Peter, but God andChrist judge who is worthy toenter KingdomMatt . 20 :23 "He said to them :'You will indeed drink my cup,but this sitting down at my righthand and at my left is not mineto give, but it belongs to thosefor whom it has been preparedby my Father .'"2 Tim . 4:1 "I earnestly beg youbefore God and Christ Jesus,who is destined to judge theliving and the dead, and by hismanifestation and his kingdom ."Heb . 12 :23 "The congregationof the firstborn who have beenenrolled in the heavens, andGod the Judge of all."1 Pet. 4 :5 "These people willrender an account to the oneready to judge those living andthose dead ."1 Cor. 12 :18 "But now Godhas set the members in the body,each one of them, just as hepleased."None of the apostles (includingPeter, the supposed "gatekeeper")were in heavenprior to Christ's secondcoming in Kingdompower2 Tim . 4 :8 "There is reservedfor me the crown of righteousness,which the Lord, the righteousjudge, will give me as a rewardin that day, yet not onlyto me, but also to all those whohave loved his manifestation ."1 Cor . 15 :51, 52 "Look! I tellyou a sacred secret : We shallnot all fall asleep in death, butwe shall all be changed, in a moment,in the twinkling of aneye, during the last trumpet . Forthe trumpet will sound, and the