JESUS THE ‘STONE OF DAVID’
“now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. (4) As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, (5) you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (6) For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” (1 Peter 2”3-5, BSB)
As I was meditating on this season of the imminent changes to come for our world, I then heard, ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss’. I then was drawn to the book of Daniel and the reference made to the stone that was cut out of the mountain.. I keenly listened to what my spirit was being fed regarding the stone that featured in Daniel’s account, that was cut out of the mount, not by human hands. I began processing my thoughts. I knew the proverb of ‘a rolling stone gathering no moss’ being a reference to a person who is not able to settle. One who is constantly on the move putting no roots down and therefore not accumulating and being productive as others would expect. In the book of Daniel, the rolling Ancient Stone eternally hewed out, cascading down the mountain of time, crushing principalities and dynasties is a reference of Jesus our Lord.
In the eyes of carnal men Jesus was an oddment, a misfit. He went against the grain of his peers;, always in contention with temple users as His eternal mantle disturbed the order. “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” (Psalms 118:22, BSB). His mantle revealed their hearts. Exposed and uncomfortable at His radiant beam penetrating the dark regions of their soul, they were stirred to react in His presence. Equally, Jesus could not sit comfortably in their religious set up as their unrighteous works provoked His anointing to speak against their works.. His presence created discomfort amongst the religious leaders as their motives and intent of the heart was revealed. The kingdom that held and governed their hearts was on a divergent path to Jesus’ kingdom of righteous works. There could be no agreement between these two polarised realms as the eternity of the eternities of righteousness would thrust them apart.
An Eternal Kingdom
The eternal ancient Stone of the house of David was not hewed out of any created matter but was eternal. The Stone laid in the foundation of the eternal realm of God is unmovable, an unshakeable Kingdom. The Stone of the Davidic house, a rolling unstoppable Stone would destroy other contending earthly dynasties keeping sways of people in oppression and spiritual bondage. The mantle of Kingdom authority of sovereign rule would crush every earthly set up, What I have derived from what the Spirit has fed me is that the rolling Stone of the Righteous Kingdom has gathered many unto Himself. As His Name is lifted up in the hearts of seeking souls, many are drawn into His righteous Kingdom, eternal in the heavens, “Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. ( Isaiah 9:7, BSB)
The Stone that was discarded by men was the cornerstone of the Kingdom of God. Israel rejected Aaron’s rod as they did the New Covenant of Jesus. The rolling Stone of David would crushed many mighty dynasties, governments that have briefly come and gone, making their mark across the history of man. “And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.” (Daniel 7:14, BSB). Today, in this season of systemic change, the mantle of our Lord continues to have dominion in the earth, to rase inferior foundations to rubble. The faulty foundations of the entities of life are crumbling as our Lord’s mantle, the Spirit of Prophecy moves, shifts and dismantles all false entities. “We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5, BSB) This season’s commanding and forceful 7-fold Releasing mantle destroys evil minds and negate ideologies of hate and recrimination against vulnerable and defenceless groups.
The Stone of David will crush any other stone lain in he foundations of the entities of life. The stone cut from the mountain has rolled down, crushing and pulverising to dust every powers, empires, kingdoms and religious entities that have conquered, reigned and controlled nations and peoples. The time comes when these powers must capitulate control, lose influence and concede defeat. Brute control over territories and nations ceases as they are vanquished and fade into the archives of history. Every other cornerstone positioned in the foundations of life’s strategic entities, held highly in national and religious minds must cede supremacy and power. “For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.“ 1 Corinthians 3:11, BSB)
The Glorious Ekklesia of our Lord
The glorious Ekklesia of our Lord is rising in prominence in the earth. A people great in number, a beautiful sight to behold is rising on the new spiritual platform built for such a time as this. A ‘bimah’ set in the global square near the water gate, from which the trickling of the water from under the threshold of the temple will run. A people of diversity in tongue and culture, with the mind of God in creativity and embracing their humanness in physical, emotional and mental differentiations. All flowing into the righteous Kingdom of eternal love. “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.” (Jeremiah 51:20, BSB).
The people of God are the hands and feet of Jesus in the earth. The glorious Ekklesia, a recalibrated Body of Christ is now repositioning in the earth. A people of all nations under the influence and direction of the Spirit celebrating the fullness, completeness and perfectness of our Lord through individual lives. Not organisational life. Fearless and undeterred to accomplish the righteous works of the Kingdom in the earth. “Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.” (Isaiah 41:15, BSB). A remnant that will turn up under the leading of the Spirit in places men fear to tread. They will trample over demonic territories and crush dark forces with the new and sharp instrument made available in this time to trusted servants of God.
GWENDOLYN SMITH. #NEWPENTECOST. 25th AUGUST 2021