Here, it is the Truth concerning Christ, revealed to Peter by God the Father, ie., 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.' which our Lord is referring to as, 'The Rock' upon which He would build His church. It is not Peter as some say. This is the same principle as that which I have been talking about regarding 1 Tim. 3:14-16.
yes, Dialectic misdirection, seen the thread? i was waiting for someone to bring out the misdirection part to go into it more, i only just mentioned it, bc trying to get one's head around a foreign concept for even
thinking is tough enough, ppl are like "dialectic, gimme a break" lol. Even though we are all totally comfy with Hegelian Dialectic lol, we all use it every day, but just don't know that that is what it is called.
Obviously God is the Pillar, but if one wants to read that the church is, bad enough say, to forward an agenda, that is virtually being encouraged, right. As long as you don't read down any further lol. Verses in isolation. Dang i'm seeing analogues to how someone bent on deceit isolates someone else too now, gonna turn this post into mush
The Christ/Rock/Peter passage is screaming it, grabbing you by the ear and almost demanding you to perceive some human as the Rock, yes. Very carefully phrased, i bet it took a while to get just right.