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You are correct that we have been here before...and your position is confirmed. It would have been better if you had just believed Jesus.

Jesus said it of John, and yes, His words are spirit. Question is...why don't you and many count and receive what Jesus said?

By narrowing the context, you narrow the ministry. On the contrary, Jesus' presentation was not to narrow, but to expand. The rest is history. Psalm 81:16 He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.”

I don't disagree...but you are missing the point. The keys to the kingdom were indeed given to Peter, only not in the way you or the church fathers have assumed. But rather, Jesus set the keys before Peter and the church, just as Moses had set life and death before Israel. The context for...

Do you not know that it is God's way to speak in parables? You "shame" yourself.

No, but rather: Elijah did show up according to prophecy--twice. Once in the transfiguration, but also in spirit by John the Baptist. Twice. His coming was a sign of the coming of Christ. If Elijah has come twice (--and He did, twice--past tense)...it is because Jesus comes twice. Twice...and...

That is what I have been doing, but now will elaborate: Most consider the times of Christ to primarily be those times leading up to the cross, and indeed, that is the core of it. However, there is more, specifically referred to as the times of the gentiles or the church age. But your question...

Yes, God can certainly do anything, but you are going against scripture to assume that He does.

So...(rhetorical question)...Did Elijah show up at the transfiguration? Second (rhetorical) question: What was that to be a sign of?? Third (rhetorical) question: Why would anyone still be waiting for him to show up???

Not you too!! "Flesh and bones" are made from the ground, dust, which are the elements that "will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up." John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John...

Again, you are not doing the math. You are not taking into account all of what Jesus said of all who are born of the spirit: John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of...

That only makes Peter the object of Jesus' parable explanation of how His church is and is "not" built. In the given context spanning from "flesh and blood" to the "Father", it is expected of us that we should know that the words are "spiritually discerned." In which case, there is only one...

Again, you do not understand. Nor have you even accused me correctly referring to "gnostic beliefs" which I do not share. And you are also wrong about the scriptures not teaching "that the body of Jesus Christ changed while going into heaven." The scriptures do indeed teach that Jesus gave His...

You are only focusing on what you want to see because of what you have always believed. But you cannot [actually] deny that the context parameters span from "flesh and blood" ("not") to the "Father" (spirit). If you don't want to see that as a fork in the path, then at least see that there is...

Good thinking here! I have been addressing what is not instore, but yes, there is also that which is instore. However, in order to have any accurate knowledge of what will be, we need to eliminate what God has said He is and will eliminate...which is the old/present heavens and earth and the...

None of which dismisses the issue of correctly choosing the will and path of the Father as Jesus himself did and also set before the church. My pointing out what Jesus did in setting Peter and the Father before the church fathers, does not point away from Christ, but to Him also. The point is...

Being "spiritual" is not the issue. The issue is rather, that all of what you have presented pertains to Peter rather than the Father--which are the two components to the choice that Jesus set before the early church...the one flesh and blood, and the other not. That is the simplicity, rather...

Such is Daniel's prophecy, which is 3.5 times without rain and then Pentecost, the spirit of God poured out upon all flesh.

Thank you--your facts are good! However, although accurate, that is only the dim view of what will be face to face, which is not revealed in times, but in the twinkling of an eye. But we must be prepared to hear of heavenly things, or we will not hear. He who has an ear...

You point out what I have been saying, but you do not understand. Jesus was raised from the dead by the power of God which was given to Him even before the cross. He raised others from the dead, some even with blood--the point is only that He held the power of God to do all things at will--all...