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PETER IS NOT THE "ROCK"

There are two plausible interpretations...

Interpretation 1: The "rock" is Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:3-4 "...God. He is the Rock..."
2 Samuel 22:2 "...The LORD is my rock, and my fortress..." Psalms 18:2
"The LORD is my rock, and my fortress..." Psalms 28:1 "Unto thee will I
cry, O LORD my rock..." Psalms 42:9 "I will say unto God my rock..."
Psalms 92:15 "...the LORD is upright: he is my rock..."

The literal rock that miraculously gave water to Israel in the wilderness
(Exodus 17:6, Numbers 20:8) was a prophetic symbol of Jesus.

1 Corinthians 10:4b "...for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed
them: and that Rock was Christ."

Jesus is figuratively a "rock" that Jews trip over because they find it hard to
believe He is the Messiah and can save them without their works.

Isaiah 8:13-14 "Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your
fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for
a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of
Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."

Romans 9:33 "As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and
rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."

Deuteronomy gives a subtle prophecy of catholic's abuse of Matthew 16
when it differentiates the real rock from the fake; followed immediately by
an allusion to catholics using fermented (alcoholic) wine in communion!

Deuteronomy 32:31-33 "For their rock is not as our Rock, even our
enemies themselves being judges. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their