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August 23, 2026

In Isaiah 22:19-23, God chooses Eliakim to have authority over his people: “I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open.”   In Matthew 16:13-20, Jesus chooses Peter to have authority in his Church, using...

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