Revelation 1:18 Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. "I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, AMEN," etc. In these words Christ asserteth, first, his being crucified, "I am He that was dead;" Secondly, his resurrection from the dead "I am He that liveth;" both which great gospel truths the apostle Paul received from Christ also be revelation, \ Thirdly, his exhortation to consider, that "HE lives for evermore," and sets his "AMEN" unto it. One end of Christ’ s "living for evermore" is, that the saints may live eternally, \ another end thereof is to make intercession for the saints, and save them to the uttermost in coming to God by him. \ "And have the keys of hell and of death" That this, the LORD Jesus Christ hath authority, power, and dominion over "hell and death," that is, over the first and second death. \ HE hath "the keys of death" and of the grave, to let in, and shut up whom and when he will; and to call out of the grave, and raise from the dead, whom and when he will; as he did Lazarus: And HE hath the "keys of hell" and the second death, into which all the wicked shall be turned, \ and at Christ’ s command hell must give up the souls that are in it, to be returned to their own bodies and appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, and receive that final sentence of the eternal judgement. \ The whole power of these "keys" are expressed. \