that is why “the Messiah” was not included among the opinions of men. So when Peter truly speaks of Who Jesus was saying that He was “the Christ” – He spoke this by the aid of the Father, because the flesh speaks concerning earthly things, and because of this Christ also defines who Peter is by firstly naming him Cephas which means “rock”; and later Christ goes ahead to speak concerning the Foundation of the Church whose pillar is hinged on the Cross; because the revelation of the person of Christ [Spirit] was after the death of Jesus [flesh]; this is why John 12:28 tells us that Christ was glorified already “as He was the Lamb slain from the
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