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kingdom Satan  Question: "Did Jesus fight Satan for the keys to
the kingdom?"  Keys are a symbol of control. Keys keep people in
or out. If they do not have a key to a lock, they cannot enter
or exit. Keys grant the holder access to interiors and their
contents, and in ancient times the wearing of large keys was a
mark of status in the community. In the New Testament, the word
"Hades" has a twofold usage: in some cases it denotes the place
of all the departed dead (the grave - Acts 2:27,31); in others,
it refers to the place of the departed wicked (Hell - Luke
16:23; Revelation 20:13-14). Since Christ alone has conquered
death and has Himself come out of grave, He alone can determine
who will enter death and Hades and who will come out. He has the
"keys." He has authority over death and the place of the dead.
Satan has never possessed these "keys." Satan has never had
power to deter