[16] Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. [17] And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. [18] And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [19] And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. [20] Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
Jesus said that Peter was blessed,because he acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ,the Son of the living God,that flesh and blood did not reveal that to him,but the heavenly Father.
Which the Bible says no person comes to the Son except the Father draw them.
And no person by the Holy Spirit calls Jesus accursed,and no person says Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
So it is all God that causes a person to be able to claim Jesus as Lord and Savior,which if you properly do that you will be part of the kingdom of God,which the gates of hell cannot prevail against the Church,cannot take it down,cannot dismantle it,cannot disperse it,cannot cause it to fall away,for God will have His elect despite the deception that goes on,even in terrible deception as at the beast kingdom when the false prophet does miracles to deceive them which dwell upon the earth,which God said the elect cannot be deceived.
The Bible also says that those that name the name of Christ,depart from iniquity,which in Matthew chapter 7 people that claimed Jesus as Lord could not dwell with Him complained that they labored for the kingdom of God,so why could they not be with Jesus,and Jesus said because they were workers of iniquity,which the Bible says they have a form of godliness;but deny the power thereof,ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth,which they never came to the truth that they have to act like Christ led by the Spirit,but thought they were right with God despite sin in their life.
The gates of hell cannot prevail against the Church,and hypocrites do not belong to Jesus and the Church.
As far as Peter being the rock,some people say Jesus is referring to Himself,and some say it is Peter.
Either way Jesus is still the chief cornerstone,and no other foundation can be laid but Jesus Christ,so the man Christ Jesus is still the first human as part of the Church,whether it means Jesus or Peter.
But I tend to believe it was Peter,for the keys to the kingdom were given to Him,and the man Christ Jesus is the first human as added to the Church,the head of the Church,is a given,with no doubt.
The Bible says that we are all built upon another as lively stones making up a spiritual building,that means the 120 people at Pentecost would be added,then those after are built upon them,and the ones added later are built upon them,and so forth,so everyone after you added to the kingdom is built upon you.
Peter was not the first Pope,for there is no Pope in the Bible that is the head of all the Churches,for only Jesus is the head of all the Churches.
I believe that Jesus was calling Peter the rock that He would build His Church upon,which means that Peter was the first person added to the Church after the man Christ Jesus,so the man Christ Jesus,Lord and Savior,is the first human added to the Church,the chief foundation,which no other foundation can be laid but Jesus,and Peter was built upon the man Christ Jesus,Peter being the first human apart from the man Christ Jesus,and Jesus would build His Church starting with Peter,who was given the keys to the kingdom,which Jesus pointed out Peter and said,when you are converted strengthen your brothers,and feed my sheep.
But either way whether is is Jesus or Peter,Jesus is the chief foundation,and no other foundation can be laid but Jesus,and the man Christ Jesus is the first human to be a part of the Church,the head of the Church.
But I tend to believe that Jesus referred to Peter as the rock,with a small letter r,as the first human to be a part of the Church,built upon the man Christ Jesus,and Peter is not the first Pope,for Jesus is the had of the Church.
I believe the Bible is 100% true 
