Mateus 21

Mateus 21

Ironside - Matthew 21:43 Israel after the flesh was to be put aside. The kingdom for which they had waited so long was to be lost to them forever. A new and elect nation, a regenerated Israel, shall possess the kingdom eventually. Meantime the grace of God is going out to the Gentiles. It is a terribly dangerous thing to trifle with the mercy of God. Little did the Jewish leaders realize that they were sealing their own doom in rejecting Jesus, the One sent of God to bring them into fullness of blessing if they had received Him. They lost their opportunity because they were blinded by self-interest and so they failed to recognize their Messiah when He came in exact accord with the Scriptures of the prophets which they professed to reverence. Mere knowledge of the letter of the Word saves no one. It is those who believe in the Christ of whom the book of God speaks who are made wise for salvation (2 Timothy 3:15). To reject Him is fatal. What will you do without Him, When He has shut the door, And you are left outside, because You would not come before? When it is no use knocking, No use to stand and wait, For the word of doom tolls thro’ your heart, That terrible “Too late!” —F. R. Havergal Matthew 21:44 “And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.” KJV Matthew 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. BGT Matthew 21:44 [καὶ ὁ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὸν λίθον τοῦτον συνθλασθήσεται· ἐφ᾽ ὃν δ᾽ ἂν πέσῃ λικμήσει αὐτόν.] NET Matthew 21:44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed." CSB Matthew 21:44 [Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder!]" ESV Matthew 21:44 And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him." NIV Matthew 21:44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed." NLT Matthew 21:44 Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on. " NRS Matthew 21:44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls." NAB Matthew 21:44 ( The one who falls on this stone will be dashed to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.)" YLT Matthew 21:44 and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.' MIT Matthew 21:44 But as for the one on whom that stone comes smashing down—it will pulverize him." And he who falls on this stone: Ps 2:12 Isa 8:14,15 60:12 Zec 12:3 Lu 20:18 Ro 9:33 2Co 4:3,4 1Pe 2:8 but on whomever it falls: Mt 26:24 27:25 Ps 2:9 21:8,9 110:5,6 Da 2:34,35,44,45 Joh 19:11 1Th 2:16 Heb 2:2,3 Related Passage: Isaiah 28:16 (MESSIANIC PASSAGE) Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed. Luke 20:18+ “Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.” REJECTORS WILL BE PULVERIZED! And he who falls (pipto) on this stone (lithos) will be broken to pieces (sunthlao); but on whomever it falls (pipto), it will scatter him like dust (likmao) - MIT = "But as for the one on whom that stone comes smashing down—it will pulverize him." So clearly the Stone crushes whether it falls on someone or someone falls on it. In short, anyone (including you dear reader if you have rejected the Stone) who persists in opposing Christ will be pulverized! To pulverize something means to make it into a powder by breaking it up and/or causing it to become dust. This is a vivid picture of the horrible fate for all who reject the Stone, whether they be Jews or Gentiles! They won't be annihilated, but destroyed, doomed, destined for destruction (see apoleia) forever! And that's a long time! Jesus' words definitely recall Daniel's messianic prophecy of the Stone striking Nebuchadnezzar's statue - Daniel 2:34-35+ (MESSIANIC PASSAGE)“You continued looking until a STONE was cut out without hands, and IT struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. 35 “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the STONE that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. Daniel 2:44-45+ (MESSIANIC PASSAGE)“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. 45 “Inasmuch as you saw that a STONE was cut out of the mountain without hands and that IT crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.” R Kent