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So what does this good part mean then?
And whoever falls on this stone will be broken;
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yes,
Going back to the original parable Jesus says: "And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder." Peter provides some clue as to what Jesus means when he writes: "They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.". Those who stumble are those who are flagrantly disobedient to the word of Christ and they seem to have been "appointed" in some way to this terrible fate. But who are those upon whom the stone falls? In the context of the parable Israel is the clear first reference and the Stone fell in 70 AD. with the total destruction of Jerusalem, the Temple and the hardened and fanatical Jewish religion. The Stone will fall again in the end times when Christ returns to judge the world and Babylon will fall. But does the Stone fall on people now, in our present time? Could it ever fall on a church? Lets go to Daniel for an answer:
(Daniel 2:34,35, 44-45 NKJV) "You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. {35} "Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth..... "And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. {45} "Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure."
The Stone here falls on human empires and nations. Wherever human beings set up their own fiefdoms and take control of God's vineyards and become independent of His rule and rebellious, then the Stone will come with a crash and beat that kingdom to fine dust. Churches can become fiefdoms. Churches can be little kingdoms. Churches can even defy God. If they do, then one day, the Stone will fall and they will find themselves non-existent.
What does this say to us who work in the vineyard? That we work for the Owner, not for the system or for ourselves. We are not in control of our churches, missionary societies, movements, schools and kindergartens - God is. Its His and He wants the fruit of righteousness, justice, impartiality, mercy, and the fruit of the Spirit. We are to be both leading our people and listening to the Owner with reverent and soft and obedient hearts at all times.
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate:for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ( Luke 13:24 )
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Falling on this stone is a good thing, right?
Matthew 22 (NJKV)
44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
When a person falls on this stone, which is Jesus, that person will be broken in the sense of working thru his or her pride to accept the death of Jesus for sins.
Therefore falling on this stone is a good thing, right? It is only being ground to powder by the stone Jesus which is a bad thing.
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