[CynicalBear]

Isaiah 44:8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."

1 Corinthians 10:4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: 'When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,

Psalms 89:26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.

[CpnHook]

Why are you tossing out 1 Cor. 10:4 for the umpteenth time? Yes, in THAT verse "rock" refers to God. But that doesn't mean "rock" in Matt. 16:18 necessarily means "God." And obviously "rock" [petra] does NOT mean "God" in Luke 8:6.

And notice that in the OT verses where "Rock" refers to "God" that the "R" is capitalized, but that in Isaiah 51:1-2 "rock" is not capitalized, because there it's referring to Abraham and not God? Get it?