Sistene Chapel painted by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti SimoniJesus took his disciples to Caesarea Philippi, biblical scholars say, not only to let them understand Jesus is the Christ, Son of God, but because Caesarea Philippi was more connected to the Roman Empire than any other place in Israel. It had been build by the Herods, all officially titled as Kings of the Jews, to honor Rome and relent power to an earthly force instead of God. Scholars say Jesus was indicating the power of the Holy Spirit would use Peter to build His church in Rome, ultimately overcoming the Roman Empire.
Matthew 16: 13-17
13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" 14 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"
16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
The day Christianity officially arrived in the Roman Empire was in 325 A.D. The First Council of Nicaea is regarded as the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church. Invited by Emperor Constantine, about 318 world-wide Bishops, who had risked their lives and were condemned for serving Jesus, traveled across continents and oceans, continued to risk their lives in dangerous travel, to express the basis of the church today. That is why my Anglican Church honors the Nicene Creed and the Nicene Councils' choice of 80 books of the bible.
Wisdom 7: 22 - 30
22 for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me. For in her there is a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, 23 beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through all spirits that are intelligent and pure and most subtle.
Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares
Proverbs 3:19
By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place
24 For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things.
25 For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.
26 For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.
27 Though she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets;
28 for God loves nothing so much as the man who lives with wisdom.
Proverbs 4:6
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman
29 For she is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light she is found to be superior,
30 for it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail.
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
For some of us it is uncomfortable to see the feminine use of wisdom, this is not something I invented, but it is something the Holy Spirit uses. Scripture tells us God sees the church as the bride of Jesus Christ. I believe the Lord God Almighty has love for the people who do not understand, in a deep emotional sense, what it is like to have a loving father. In the first creation story, God emphasizes before woman was taken as a rib from man, Adam was made in His image. God is telling us, in another deep & wonderfully kind way, He loves us, no matter if we are male or female. God loves us if we understand Him as a loving Father or as a loving Parent. God loves us and created us. We are wise to seek the Lord.
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Matthew 16: 13-17
13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" 14 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"
16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
The day Christianity officially arrived in the Roman Empire was in 325 A.D. The First Council of Nicaea is regarded as the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church. Invited by Emperor Constantine, about 318 world-wide Bishops, who had risked their lives and were condemned for serving Jesus, traveled across continents and oceans, continued to risk their lives in dangerous travel, to express the basis of the church today. That is why my Anglican Church honors the Nicene Creed and the Nicene Councils' choice of 80 books of the bible.
Wisdom 7: 22 - 30
22 for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me. For in her there is a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, 23 beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through all spirits that are intelligent and pure and most subtle.
Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares
Proverbs 3:19
By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place
24 For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things.
25 For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.
26 For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.
27 Though she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets;
28 for God loves nothing so much as the man who lives with wisdom.
Proverbs 4:6
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman
29 For she is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light she is found to be superior,
30 for it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail.
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
For some of us it is uncomfortable to see the feminine use of wisdom, this is not something I invented, but it is something the Holy Spirit uses. Scripture tells us God sees the church as the bride of Jesus Christ. I believe the Lord God Almighty has love for the people who do not understand, in a deep emotional sense, what it is like to have a loving father. In the first creation story, God emphasizes before woman was taken as a rib from man, Adam was made in His image. God is telling us, in another deep & wonderfully kind way, He loves us, no matter if we are male or female. God loves us if we understand Him as a loving Father or as a loving Parent. God loves us and created us. We are wise to seek the Lord.
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