1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
The suffering of Jesus Christ (the Just) allows Him to make way for Him to bring us (the unjust) to God the Father.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
I love this verse, a declaration of power from the God who accomplished the greatest work of all time.
The order of the statements is important, Just like in D&C 110 - I am he that liveth, this is the statement he makes after having been slain dead. And again He says, "I am alive for evermore".
He holds the keys of death and hell, He governs all of that. By which He can administer relief through forgiveness to those suffering. His ordinances free the living and the dead from everlasting subjection to death and hell. Praise be to our God!
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