The Rock

Today’s reading: Luke 20:1-26

“Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭20:18‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The religious leaders spend all of their time and energy trying to trap Jesus with their questions, but He always answers them with ease. Here, He alludes to two different places in the Old Testament: Isaiah 8:14 and Daniel 2:34-35 (both of which they would have known well).

I love the Daniel passage because it pictures the stone taking out the statue that represents every ancient, political superpower and becoming a force that no one else can cope with or match. Jesus is that rock. ☄️

Those who reject Jesus are making a decision to be broken now (no hope presently) and ground to dust later (no hope at the eternal judgment). What we choose to do with Jesus is the most important decision we will ever make, and if this doesn’t motivate us to share the Good News with others, nothing else will.

Hebrews 9:27-28 drives this home.
“...He will bring salvation...”