The notion of St. Peter waiting at the Pearly Gates (as depicted in secular movies, comics, etc.) seems entirely unbiblical to me. Does anybody know where this idea developed?
2007-05-24 17:48:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nope we need to look for somebody.........
2007-06-01 16:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by I AM BACK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is quasi-Biblical. Peter at the Pearly Gats comes an inference of two different New Testament passages. Revelations mentions that the gates of Heaven are made from Pearl. Peter was entrusted with the keys of Heaven and Earth. The two passages are not compatable theologically but through the imagination of Man this concept has entered the popular mainstream, albeit at least 1500 years ago.
2007-05-24 18:01:49 · answer #2 · answered by toolman_16301 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A man just started to back the van away from the loading area. In his rearview mirror he saw two semi trucks side by sidel. He had plenty of clearance. Just then it appeared that one of the trucks was moving into his path. He stopped. But then he realized that the other truck was actually backing up, creating the ILLUSION that the standing semi was moving forward.
an ILLUSION, according to the dictionary, is an "erroneous perception of reality." Sleight-of-hand artists use it to "do the impossible." Most ILLUSIONS are harmless, but some can be fatal. In a desert, chasing a mirage that looks like water can lead to death.
But the most dangerous ILLUSIONS are the spiritual and moral ones that people are so prone to believe. In Malachi 2, the Israelites were breaking their marriage vows (vv.14-16). They knew that God hates divorce (v.16), yet they were saying, "Everyone Who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD." (v.17).
Doesn't that sound like today's culture? People believe that things like St. Peter waiting at the Pearly Gates for other than biblical reasons are morally right. Even some Christian BELIEVE in such ILLUSIONS.
It's crucial that we allow the Bible to be the standard by which we distinguish reality from ILLUSION!
"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;" - 2 Cor 10:5 KJV
2007-06-01 14:43:38 · answer #3 · answered by itsme_565 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No-one takes it literally of course, but the idea comes from the fact that Christ gave Simon Peter the keys to the kingdom. He is therefore regarded, figuratively, as "the gate keeper".
2007-05-24 17:57:56 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Mat 16:17 And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 16:18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
*** Mat 16:19 And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. ***
And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
2007-05-24 18:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not entirely sure but it was the disciple Peter and I guess that's the job his homeboy Jesus gave him for doing him a solid back on Earth. What I want to know is, who stood there before St. Peter? or maybe Jews just don't get to go to heaven...(sorry a joke a rabbi told me)
2007-05-24 17:55:14 · answer #6 · answered by Mega 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
From man thru magical thinking!!
2007-06-01 17:19:48 · answer #7 · answered by jmada05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the same source as everything in the bible; human imagination.
2007-05-24 17:53:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋