And what did Jesus instruct Peter to do before he ascended ? You remember don't ya Maynard. It is in the gospel of John. He repeated it to Peter three times.
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Bull. The owner of the One Ring was Sauron. You could argue that it passed to Isildur as spoils of war, but Isildur lost it, and Gollum found it. So the rightful owner was either Aragorn as Isildur's heir, or Gollum as the finder of long lost goods. Bilbo was a mere thief, and a thief can't pass good title. Hence Frodo never owned the Ring, and Sam sure as heck didn't. Even assuming that the motley collection of annoying elves and wizards constituted valid authority (which I do not concede), what about Bilbo? That little rat never bore the Ring anyplace under anybody's authority, and he made the cut.
There is a 4th book, one in which the ones that died at the end of the 3rd book arise from the graves as white warriors and the 'winners' at the end of the 3rd book end up melting as they celebrated their sins rather than mourned over them. The repair of the world then takes place and the ones that were 'melted' come back into a 'holy land'. You probably know all that though beings like you are smarter than a book.
Whoever carried the ring was the 'bearer', when they put it on they became a slave to the ring. The bearer would be 'inclined' to take journeys that 'enriched the ring alone' in the end. The way to break the spell is to treat the ring like a piece of worthless shiny stuff and make sure it gets a new dent at regular intervals.
