He can open the doors of death’s prison houses when He will, and bring up the bodies of His people that are yet under death’s power. This ought to be a comfort to us. It seems hard to put the bodies of our dead away in the grave, and have them shut up there. But they will not always stay in the gloom. Christ Himself lay in the grave, and then arose and burst open the door and came forth. In like manner, at the right time, He will call up all those who sleep in Him.
Another thought suggested by Christ with the keys of death in His hand is, that He is the Guide of His people in their lonely walk through the valley of death. He knows the way by experience, and is thus prepared to conduct them through it. This ought to be a great comfort to us as we think of dying. We are sure of the presence with us of this experienced and faithful Guide, and no harm can touch us.