stone of stumbling
As Luke said.
LUKE 2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
MATTHEW 10:34-36 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
As Isaiah said.
ISAIAH 8:14-15 And he shall be for a sanctuary; But for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, For a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, And be snared, and be taken.',
NEB He shall become your 'hardship', a boulder and a rock which the two houses of Israel shall run against and over which they shall stumble, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem; and many shall stumble over them, and many shall fall and be broken, many shall be snared and caught.
BOT1 pg 180f; IS pg 198
As Peter said.
1 PETER 2:6-8 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
EPJ pg 132
As Paul said.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
As Matthew said,
MATTHEW 21:42-44 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
CJC pg 51; BNG1 pg 228
As Luke said,
LUKE 14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
As Yeshua said,
MATTHEW 8:11-12 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
As John said,
JOHN 3:19-21 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
As Paul wrote,
2 CORINTHIANS 2:15-16 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
As Peter said,
ACTS 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
As is said,
HEBREWS 12:3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or loose heart.
As Elihu said,
JOB 33:12-18 NEB
Well, this is my answer: You are wrong.
God is greater than man;
why then plead you case with him?
for no one can answer his arguments.
Indeed, once God has spoken
he does not speak a second time to confirm it.
In dreams, in visions of the night,
when deepest sleep falls upon man,
while they sleep on their beds, God makes them listen,
and his correction strikes them with terror.
To turn a man from reckless conduct,
to check the pride of mortal man,
at the edge of the pit he holds him back alive
and stops him from crossing the river of death.
JOB2 pg 131
As the Baptist said,
LUKE 3:16-17 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Mt 3.11-12 SPG pg 45
As is written,
PSALM 51:6 NEB yet, though thou hast hidden the truth in darkness,
through this mystery thou dost teach me wisdom.
IB4 pg 269
PSALM 69: 22-23 Let their table become a snare before them: And that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; And make their loins continually to shake.
Mk 12:10 ECBL pg 215 TCQ pg 133
Lk 20:18
ROMANS 9:32-33 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
IS pg 190