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I think Jesus was very well aware of what He said and His words were no accident.

I agree with this statement. Jesus knew very well that He was using figurative speech and He expected His audience to understand that.

[one Lord one faith one baptism]

figurative speech

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his audience, the Apostles, travelled the known world teaching, baptizing and making disciples.
the Universal Church they left behind handed down the teaching from the Apostles that this was not figurative speech.
glad this mistake was corrected 1,500 years later ( sarc )