The idea that this discourse relates to Peter the person is not consistent with scripture. If Peter were the said rock and the rock is not his confession of faith, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
It's consistent with the following passage. Jesus gave keys of the kingdom and the power to bind and loose to a person, not to a confession. Jesus did not say, You are Kepha and upon your confession I will build my Church. He did not say, "I give your confession the keys..."That is reading into scripture what isn't there.
I'm not ignoring anything. It is you who is adding to the conversation. Jesus was not someone that was to come but is come at the time he was speaking to Peter. He is the Son of the highest and the Lord God gave him the privilege to sit on the throne of his Father David as per Luke 1:32This is a direct reference back to Isaiah 22.22, where the prophet recognizes Eliakim as the steward of the royal House of David. The steward was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom. The keys of the kingdom were the sign of his personal authority delegated by the king himself. You don't like Isaiah 22.22 so you ignore it.
I disagree with your premise here. He could easily have been referring to Peters confession of faith with the understanding that upon this rock " You are the Christ [The Messiah, the coming one] the Son of the living God. he/Jesus shall build his Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Then he/Jesus goes on to say in reference to his Church that he shall build in the passages above ~ "And I will give you [church] the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
The last passage is the clincher where Jesus says ~ 20 Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.
Why would Jesus even bother saying that if the whole discourse was about Peter being the rock and not about Jesus being the Messiah, the coming one, the Son of the living God?
No... you're saying that and trying to pin it on me like I said it. Nice try but that kinda ploy doesn't fly with me. :huh:Are you saying the Father didn't hear Jesus' prayer for Peter?
There is so much controversy here with the idea that Peter was the first Pope to Rome when many Protestants believe that Peter never even ventured into Rome. Then there's the whole Peter being the Rock when many believers will wholeheartedly disagree with your theology on that... and it goes on. I doubt that you will convince anyone here likewise but good luck...