The Rock

 Daniel 1-2; Revelation 16 

“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands – a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.”

Daniel 2:44, 45

The Lord Jesus Christ conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, is the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands. Christ’s kingdom confronts the kingdoms of this world and overcomes them. Jesus promised to build his Church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it. The instrument through which lives are liberated from the bondage of sin and death is the cross of Christ. We overcome today by the blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony, and loving not our lives unto death (Revelation 12:11). 

Who is crushing whom today?

Are we unreservedly part of Christ’s kingdom?

Or, are we being seduced by the glitter of gold and silver?

“Lord Jesus, your kingdom rules overall and will endure forever, for your glory.”