Paul reminds the Greek philosophers in Acts 17 that we live and move and have our being in God; humankind is indeed the offspring of God. He is quoting from their own writings, Aratus, who lived 300 BC. The incorruptible seed of sonship is as much in every man as the seed is already in all soil, even in the desert, waiting for the rain to awaken and ignite its life! Jesus has come to reveal that the son of man is the son of God. “If you have seen me you have seen the Father! Mat 23:9 “Call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.” He says to Peter, “Flesh-and-blood cannot reveal to you who the son of man is, but my Father who is in heaven; blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, I give you a new name that reveals your original identity: you are Rock! (petros, hewn out of the rock, petra (Isa 51:1, Deut 32:3, 4, 18). This revelation is the rock foundation that I will build my identity upon, (my image and likeness) and the strong gates of hades, (ha + ideis, not to see) that trapped man into the walled city of the senses will not prevail against the voice that surnames and summons man again. (Mt 16:13, 17) Church, ekklesia, from ek, denoting source or origin and klesia from kaleo, to surname or identify by name.) Toit, Francois Du (2014-01-08). Mirror Bible
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