Worth repeating. It's such a good point, Peter rebuked being glorified.
What's more is the RCC deliberate misinterpretation of the rock, that Jesus built his church. The rock was not Peter. The rock is the Messiah, Christ, Himself! The idea that an all powerful God would develop a plan for the salvation of mankind but not rely on Himself, of infinite power to carry out that plan but a fallible, frail & temporal man is preposterous!
Yes.
It's a two fold revealing.
Christ's Church is an "establishment"...
That ANYONE desiring "membership" IN Christ's Church Gain Membership By: the individuals "Heartful Agreeing Belief and Submission.
Belief..."That"
"Jesus IS the Christ, the Son of the Living God"
That ^ is the FOUNDATIONAL "Belief of the Individual About the Lord Jesus".
That ^ has nothing whatsoever to do with Peter or any other man.
That is "expressly the Spiritual Foundation Jesus Offered, and Individual men Accept"...
Strictly between ONE MAN and ONE Lord God.
Matters not if a man has Ever Heard of Peter Barjona, who he himself, agreed to a ONE on ONE "personal" relationship with Christ the Lord Jesus.
Our notification is Jesus
Established HIS Church.
Jesus IS the Head of HIS Church.
Jesus IS the Chief Cornerstone (first plac-ed)
Stone of HIS Church.
Our notification continues...
The lesser (smaller stones) added to the Church begin at the Foundation (bottom) level and build up, lesser stones by stones added)
Our notification is Jesus' chosen Disciples, (less Judas the deflector), were added, then other disciples joined, and for 2,000 years "more lesser (than Jesus) stones" have been added, Building Christ's "unseen" Spiritual Church on Earth.
Peter is not the highlight. We are given notice Peter was the First "smaller" stone added and First "human" stone to be added...to The Chief stone foundation of Christ's Church...
Being Built on the Foundation;
"Jesus IS the Christ the Son of the living God."
Immediately, we are notified, the other chosen Disciples became the "next smaller stones added"....
So...what is the BIG exalted Church Gentile's have Physically Built and Named...
Obvious choice "Christ Jesus' Earthly Church"? Nah. Peter's Church. Mary's Church. John's Church, on and on.