Trust the Rock: God’s Kingdom Will Prevail Over All

Romans 11:33: “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and his paths beyond tracing out!”

“The contrasting paths of wisdom (which equals righteousness) and folly (which equals wickedness) produce an abundance of antithetical sayings in the Wisdom literature. The Wisdom texts teach that what is wrong is what deviates from God’s righteous path. Folly is the failure or refusal to reverence Yahweh (Proverbs 1:7). Departing from the fear of Yahweh is to take the path of folly, which leads to destruction in all its forms. Proverbs 3:5 contrasts trust in Yahweh (the path of wisdom) with leaning on one’s own understanding, an insistence upon human autonomy that is at the root of folly and wickedness (cf. Genesis 3:6; Jeremiah 17:9).” [1]

The Rock Rules

Read Daniel 2:24-45.

I love Daniel 2:28: “But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.”

Although circumstances sometimes look impossible from an earthly standpoint, a God in heaven can do everything. He can solve seemingly unsolvable problems and provide strength for impossible tasks. In a respectful manner, Daniel told the king that the religions of Babylon were not worshipping the real God.

The giant statue depicted four kingdoms of decreasingly valued metals; all were smashed by a massive rock cut without hands, which grew to be a global, eternal kingdom. Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar that God had given him power. Babylon was then destroyed by the Medo-Persian Empire led by Cyrus the Great (539–331 BC); the two arms suggest the twofold division of Media and Persia. In 332 BC, the armies of Alexander the Great defeated the Medo-Persian Empire in a series of decisive battles. The Greek Empire ruled the world from 331 to 146 BC. Finally, the Roman Empire conquered Greece.

What is more significant is the rock. Babylon would not rule forever, nor would any other human kingdom. Our confidence is that God will come and rule the world in an eternal kingdom. In spite of the current chaos, God is coming. The Rock will rule the world.

This Rock is none other than the Messiah, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings. In the book of 1 Peter, he quotes the prophet Isaiah when he describes Jesus as “a stone that causes people to stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.”

Jesus Christ is the Rock. You can trust Him.

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[1] Estes, D. J. “Wisdom and Biblical Theology.” Ed. Tremper Longman III and Peter Enns. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings 2008: 857. Print.

[i]. Miller, Daniel, 95.

[ii]. Ibid., 92.