Village Seventh-day Adventist Church - Keeping Your Eye in the Keyhole | Jon Gusky

Adventist Podcast Network · Aug 3, 2026 · 50m

The Church of Philadelphia in Revelation received no rebuke from Jesus, only commendation. It was a church with little strength that had stopped trusting in itself and kept God's word without denying His name. Jesus described Himself as the one who holds the key of David, the one who opens what no one can shut and shuts what no one can open. This key points back to Isaiah 22 and a man named Eliakim, a type of Christ who was given authority in a moment of national crisis. Just as King Hezekiah eventually stopped stripping the temple and started praying, God calls His people to release their…