Smyrna times., 1893-11-08
Published by Request
The Keys of Heaven.
BY SIMON B. NEEDHAM.

"And 1 will give unto thee the KEYS
OF the Kingdom of Heaven. Matt
1919.
These words were spoken unto
Simon Peter 1861 years ago by the
Almighty God through his son, Jesus
Christ; and now we will consider the
importance of the gift, "The KEYS Of
the Kingdom of Heaven"
The Kingdom OF God which is tc
supersede or take the place of the
Kingdoms of this world, both in man
and in all the earth, was to be opened
by the preaching of the Gospel of the
Kingdom of God through the knowl
edge which God, the Father, revealed
unto Simon Peter. Matt. 16, II; Acts
2:l4, etc The fact that Christ was the
Son of the Living God, and the
Saviour of the world was first revealed
to Simon Peter; and this knowledge is
the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.
John 17:3; Isa. 53:11; Jer. 9:24) Peter
preached the doctrine of the restitu.
ton of all things. (Acts 3:19-21.) And
he believed that God would raise him
up again at the last day. John 6:39,
40, A, 81 Peter taught "that one
day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one
day. (2nd Peter 3:8; Ps. 9O:4.)
The time in the first century came
and Peter put off his Heshly taberna-
Gle, which returned to the earth; and
the spirit mot the sonl) returned unto
God who gave it. Gel. 12;7.) All men
possess a soul and body which NAV be
saved or lost to all eternity. The soul
belongs to the natural man and loses
its consciousness when by means of
death the spirit leaves the body. The
spirit, though formed in the natural
man, continues to exist in a disem-
bodied state until the age of reincar-
nation; and then it returns to its for
mer condition, and dwells with the
natural man on earth. (Eccl. 4:15:
Heb. 1l:39, 40.) Until man can under
stand the duality of himself, he will
remain in pagan darkness though he
be the Pope of Rome, or the President
OF the United States of America.
Through the laws of pro-creation and
reincarnatiOn, Simon Peter, to whom
Christ gave the keys of the Kingdom
in the first century of the Christian
era, is now a man among men on
the earth to-day, A. D. 1898. And bv
his works ye shall know him; as also
Judas Iscariot shall be known. Matt.
T:l5 to 20 The ministers and laymen
OF the Gentle churches of the age. are
respectfully invited to read and com.
pare the doctrine contained in St.
Peters Library, with the Holy Scrip
lures, which they profess to believe.
aud then give an honest report to the
world of mankind as the result of
their Investigations. Yea, we dare
you to do it; or to open the doors of
your churches that a resurrected dis
ciple of Jesus Christ of Nazareth NAV
preach the Gospel of Jehovah's King
dom on earth. dan. 2:44 and 7:l4, Is.
%. 27; Rev. go, 10 and Ills, 1S and 81
to o. Simon Peter reads from and
believes in the same Bible which is
used in Gentle churches of the age.
He does not believe in nor advocate
the use of any carnal weapons what.
ever. z Cor 1913 6; Rev. 1910; Matt.
26:52.)
The fact that the writer of st. Peters
Library has been set at nought and re-
lected by the nominal churches, is no
proof whatever that his writings are
not correct. Nor is he the least dis
cOuraged because of his rejection.
For if this counsel or this work be of
men, it will come to nought; but if it
be of God, ye cannot overthrow it:
lest haply ye be found even to fight
against God" Acts 5:38, 80 and 13:4O.
Al Simon Peter has no church to ask
persons tOjoin; neither is he seeking a
membership in any of the churches.
The men and women who are called
''in6dels" by the churches have treated
him with far more respect than the
themselves. Christ said to
the religious Jews of his day, "Verily
| say unto you, that the publicans and
the harlots 60 into the Kingdom of
God before you" Matt. 21: 81, S2.l
1t will be forty years in March 1894,
since the writer witnessed the entrance
of the spirit into the physical man;
whose history will soon be searched for
and given to all nations, as the poor
mans brother, the rich mans friend.
the servant Of Christ, and the antagon-
ist of the devil.