"And the word of theLordcame unto me, saying,/Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,/And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LordGod; Thus saith the LordGodto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valley"(vv.1-3)
"Ye mountains of Israel" to the valley are to be understood spiritually, signifying from the highborn to the lowest of the low."Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain." (Ze.4:7) is a classic example. Christ is a great leveller and he is rock of offense.
Mind of God while dealing with His creation and with earth has a focus, the Son. Whoever thus has the Son has also the Father."He that hath the Son hath life;andhe that hath not the Son of God hath not life(1 John5:12). Apostle John in another place says,'the wrath of God' abides in such a person(Jn.3:36). In short Core Will of God carries Salvation as well as judgment.
The Spirit in order to reveal this truth makes use of natural world so symbolism makes Christ Jesus as the spiritual Rock as well as a Rock of offense. Prophet Ezekiel draws on this analogy and also we find Daniel using Jesus as the stone cut without hands while interpreting the dream of the king.St Paul speaks of the children of Israel slaking their thirst from the Rock that followed them Here in this verse from St Peter we read,"And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,even to themwhich stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed(1 Pe.2:8)".
So Rock in the parlance of the spirit as in the case of bread and water carry much more than objects themselves. How does the Spirit indicate God's Mercy and providence for His people? We came across this verse before,"As the mountainsareround about Jerusalem, so the LORDisround about his people from henceforth even for ever(125:2)." Here we are looking at one level how Jerusalem is situated.
"And the word of theLordcame unto me, saying,/Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,/And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LordGod; Thus saith the LordGodto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valley"(vv.1-3)
"Ye mountains of Israel" to the valley are to be understood spiritually, signifying from the highborn to the lowest of the low."Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain." (Ze.4:7) is a classic example. Christ is a great leveller and he is rock of offense.
Mind of God while dealing with His creation and with earth has a focus, the Son. Whoever thus has the Son has also the Father."He that hath the Son hath life;andhe that hath not the Son of God hath not life(1 John5:12). Apostle John in another place says,'the wrath of God' abides in such a person(Jn.3:36). In short Core Will of God carries Salvation as well as judgment.
The Spirit in order to reveal this truth makes use of natural world so symbolism makes Christ Jesus as the spiritual Rock as well as a Rock of offense. Prophet Ezekiel draws on this analogy and also we find Daniel using Jesus as the stone cut without hands while interpreting the dream of the king.St Paul speaks of the children of Israel slaking their thirst from the Rock that followed them Here in this verse from St Peter we read,"And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,even to themwhich stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed(1 Pe.2:8)".
So Rock in the parlance of the spirit as in the case of bread and water carry much more than objects themselves. How does the Spirit indicate God's Mercy and providence for His people? We came across this verse before,"As the mountainsareround about Jerusalem, so the LORDisround about his people from henceforth even for ever(125:2)." Here we are looking at one level how Jerusalem is situated.
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