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Apostolic Successionman sits down upon his gloriousthrone, you who have followedme will also yourselves sit upontwelve thrones, judging the twelvetribes of Israel .' "Christ the Ever-living Head ofthe Christian Congregation ; NoEarthly Head NeededCol. 1 :18 "He is the head ofthe body, the congregation ."Eph . 1:22, 23 "He also subjectedall things under his feet, andmade him head over all thingsto the congregation, which is hisbody, the fullness of him whofills up all things in all ."Eph . 4 :15 ; 5 :23, 24 "Speakingthe truth, let us by love grow upin all things into him who is thehead, Christ." "A husband ishead of his wife as the Christalso is head of the congregation,he being a savior of this body . . . .the congregation is in subjectionto the Christ ."ech. 4 :7 "He shall bring forththe top stone with shoutings ofGrace, grace, unto it ."How Gates of Hell (Hades) DoNot Prevail Against theChristian Congregation1 Cor. 15 :54-57 "When thiswhich is corruptible puts on incorruptionand this which is mortalputs on immortality, then thesaying will take place that iswritten : 'Death is swallowed upforever .' 'Death, where is yourvictory? Death, where is yoursting?' . . But thanks to God .for he gives us the victorythrough our Lord Jesus Christ!"Hos . 13 :14 "I will ransom themfrom the power of Sheol ; I willredeem them from death : 0death, where are thy plagues?0 Sheol, where is thy destruction?"John 6:39 "This is the will ofhim that sent me, that I shouldlose nothing out of all that hehas given me but that I shouldresurrect it at the last day ."John 10 :27-29 "My sheep listento my voice, and I know them,and they follow me . And I give18them everlasting life, and theywill by no means ever be destroyed,and no one will snatchthem out of my hand . What myFather has given me is somethinggreater than all other things, andno one can snatch them out ofthe hand of the Father ."John 17 :12 "I have kept them,and not one of them is destroyedexcept the son of destruction ."John 11:26 "He that exercisesfaith in me, even though he dies,will come to life ."1 Cor . 15 :42-44 "So also is theresurrection of the dead. It issown in corruption, it is raisedup in incorruption . It is sown indishonor, it is raised up in glory .It is sown in weakness, it israised up in power . It is sowna physical body, it is raised up aspiritual body ."2 Cor . 4 :14 "Knowing that hewho raised Jesus up will raise usup also together with Jesus andwill present us together withyou ."Rev. 2 :10 "Prove yourselffaithful even with the danger ofdeath, and I will give you thecrown of life ."1 Thess . 4 :16 "The Lord himselfwill descend from heavenwith a commanding call, with anarchangel's voice and with God'strumpet, and those who are deadin union with Christ will risefirst ."Keys of HeavenGiven to Peter to use, but theiruse directed by heavenMatt . 16 :19 "I will give youthe keys of the kingdom of theheavens, and whatever you maybind on earth will have beenbound [margin, "be the thing alreadybound"] in the heavens, andwhatever you may loose on earthwill have been loosed [margin,"be the thing already loosed"] inthe heavens ."Matt . 18 :18 "Truly I say to youmen, Whatever things you maybind on earth will have beenbound in heaven and whatever