Good theology for me. All through the First Covenant's Hebrew/Aramaic text God alone is figuratively equated with rock-like stedfastness and authority. Should David, who attributed such qualities to God, and who is to be the Viceroy of Christ his Lord over the millennial Kingdom of Heaven on the earth, kow-tow to Simon bar Jonah in that phase of God's covenantal relationship to mankind?
For David, it is Christ Alone Who is The Rock.
That is an excellent point I hadn’t even considered. Yes, even in the Old Testament the Rock is not a sinful or fallible image. It is a divine image.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
2 Samuel 22:2
He said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
2 Samuel 22:3
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:47
“The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.