Food for thought
by philologia
Pithless Thoughts (one of my favorite blogs) wrote this recently:
Why did Jesus say, “And thou art Peter”? Why not, “Atta boy, Peter!” or “You got it, Peter!”
And what is “this rock”? Not “THE rock”, but “THIS rock”? Why didn’t Jesus just say, “You have spoken Truth, and it is upon the rock of My divinity that the Church will be established”? Or, “Peter, you are A Pebble, but soon you will be The Rock and you will establish My Church?” as expositors for Catholicism or Protestantism have interpreted the Greek?
What is “THIS rock”?
“This rock” seemed to me as I brushed my molars, is simply this:
“This rock” is the capacity for a human being to recognize God in human flesh… AND
“This rock” is God in flesh knowing the name of a human being.
Hmm…I like that. Food for thought indeed.
