Rex
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Axehead, Jesus is standing in front of a massive rock in Caesarea Phillippi upon which stands the "false church" , the temple to the "divine" Caesar Augustus, so Jesus says to Peter: "You are rock" making a correlation. Then after the correlation has been made, He looks at Peter 'and' the massive rock and says:, " And upon this rock I will build my church"
Jesus could not be the foundation in this metaporical description, because in this illustration He presents himself as the " builder". The following is very important , in Scripture Jesus is variously depicted as the 'foundation' [ 1 Cor. 3:11 ] the builder [ Matt. 16:18 ] the cornerstone [ Acts 4:11 ] and the temple itself [ Rev. 21:22 ] We can also see where the apostles and other believers as the foundation [ Eph. 2:20 , Rev. 21:14 ] , the builders [ 1 Cor. 3: 10 ] the building [ 1 Cor.3:9 ] and the temple [ Eph. 2:21]
Many illustrative metaphors are used to explain various aspects of the Church. One can not simply substitute one descriptive figure of speech for another in any one illustration, thereby mixing metaphors. It does great violence to the texual illustration itself and is a good example of roughshod "proof-texting ", wrongly" dividingthe word of truth" [2 tim.2;15 ] . the Bible does not set up a dichomy--' either ' Jesus or Peter, rather, it presents us with both Jesus and Peter as foundation stones . Jesus is establishing the man who will be the focal point of unity within the Church, the foundation. He who builds on sand has a structure that crumbles [ Matt. 7: 24-27 ] Jesus built His Church upon the rock of His choice, and , by His protection, the Catholic/Apostolic Church has stood the test of time.The powers of hell have failed to destroy or corrupt it's doctrine.
And where did you learn all of that LOL.
And then to publicly deny Christ, shame on you
Jesus could not be the foundation in this metaporical description,