Matt 16: 17, 18

 

Excerpt:…More than that, the Lord promises to exact severe reciprocity — not on all white people but- on those today who unapologetically glorify the days of Jerusalem’s torment. You may not be, but He is expert at Calculus: He knows how to differentiate. But even more astounding he elects, honorable men, Davidians or Christian disciples to preside over these machinations. They will not do so by a predicate of skin complexion, but by their embrace of the son of man: David who is called His holy one: he who keeps the Lord’s sayings: He is the voice whom Israel agreed to obey. The Lord, by metaphor, now points all to that man. In other words, Christ promised to liken him to a wise man with a crumble-free and eternal house. Let us now exercise our full commitment to the Lord’s words: Peter proves to be a metaphor of that rock —but only i n the day of his conversion— he is the voice of Christ! As we read, fixate on the word, “conversion” that you may decipher its meaning. Clue: conversion —despite your historic theo-misconception of that word— means the transformation from one man to another man. Today, we unravel the Lord’s proverbial speech to make His message in Peter’s symbolism become clear. let’s read: “ 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona … 18 … … thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” —Matt 16: 17, 18…