Question,I think you folks are the lest to get perturbed and offended.
What is it with people that think they have to break apart God's word and examine each word to look for a hidden meaning. Literally take out words to find some great symbolic meaning,then become teacher number 1 to the rest of us ignorant people?
There is a very lot of that going on here on CC. I guess some folks just can not stand that the Gospel Jesus preached was very simple to understand, and did not need thousands of hours of "pouring over" by self professed Expert Clerics so they could translate His Gospel to us, the ignorant masses.
Jesus established the Christian Church based on the Christian Faith that He also established during His Ministry. For awhile, that was ok wiith everyone, but, then, some of the "Expert Clerics" realized that there was ZERO PROFIT in just preaching the Gospel of Jesus unto salvation. Ergo, they invented the Christian religion, and began to go about writing and inserting numerous Rules and Regulations into the Gospel Jesus preached.
Then, some of those "Clerics" became upset with the other "Clerics", so they broke away and formed their own Expert Group of Clerics. ERGO! Denominations were born.
I assure you, on the day that the Eastern Sky splits, and Jesus descends with the Saints that have gone before, to gather unto Him His Church...... Expert Clerics and Denominations and all those man written Rules and Regulations will dissolve in the lake of fire with the chafe that is separated from the wheat.
MARANATHA!