Albion
Facilitator
You are certainly right that for Jesus to have made a play on words involving the idea of a rock does not mean that Peter was being made a Pope. In fact, the verses that follow this one verify your point, in that when Peter's rock-ribbed faith faltered, Jesus responded with the "Satan" comment. That was undoubtedly the issue there--Peter's faith/loyalty/steadfastness.The Rock Jesus was referring to was in Peter, it was his faith in Jesus. On that faith He Has built His church. All true Christians have the same faith and He knows who we are. Then men come along and build a glorified building over Peters dead body. I would submit it's likely Jesus couldn't care less about the building or the dead remains of human flesh, Peter will get his new Glorified body the same time the rest of us do.
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