Part Three: Politics in the Gates

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A fourth meaning that can reasonably be taken from Jesus’ encouragement of Peter is also true. Although the rest of us aren’t all named “Rocky” - only Peter was – the rest of us are very much like little “rocks”. We are like the little stones that David used to bring down Goliath. Jesus uses us weak nobodies to bring down the great, terrifying powers of Hell and Hell’s political powers on Earth.

In fact, this metaphor of us as little rocks, was exactly the metaphor which Peter, the original “little rock”, used to describe how we are the elements of Jesus’ Cong...uh, Church?

1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 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. 7 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, 8 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.

To paraphrase, and to add some Old Testament prophetic context, Jesus said:

“This great Rock of the Gods represents all the horrors of Hell – all the great world tyrannies prophesied in Daniel 2 – all the murder, torture, and slavery that has turned what began as Paradise into Hell on earth.

“You represent these little pebbles under your feet. Helpless, powerless against that great rock, you imagine. You are without hope. How can such tiny little things as yourselves ever pull down that great evil mountain, you demand? Rhetorically, you assume.

“I could pull down that mountain for you, all by myself. Easy. I could do it in a second. Just like any parent could go to school for his children, take their tests for them, ace every one. But only a lousy parent would do that.

“So I have news for you. I’m not going to do this for you. YOU are going to do it. No, WE are going to do it. Together. I am going to unite all you little pebbles into a massive stone cut without hands that will grow until it fills the whole earth, smashing every mountain of evil into powder which My Breath will blow away, just as Daniel prophesied.

“No, I am not going to make you unite. I will wait for you to choose to unite.

“It won’t happen instantly. You aren’t instantly willing. But I will wait. And I will build. And during the long years of waiting for you to want the full blessings I offer, you will learn that all the powers of Hell can never touch the Spirit I put in you.

“What I am waiting for is for your love to grow. And not just grow in you alone, but to spread across the earth, and across history. I will wait for the observation and experience of all the unspeakable consequences of turning away from the Heaven I offer, across all of suffering humanity, to move you not to fear, terror, or doubt for your own safety and comfort, but to a heart broken for their sakes. I will wait for your love to lift from your shoulders the heavy burden of living for yourself, to strengthen you to rescue them from the Hell they are ignorantly choosing.

“I have no desire to swing you like an insentient club against that Rock of the Gods. My strategy is not to glue you into a solid mass and swing you against Evil, or have you swung by another, like a priest in a Church who does all the swinging while all the rest sit passively, watching one leader make decisions, their own individuality paralyzed.

“My vision is of a mass of living stones each individually choosing every detail of how to attack that Rock of the ‘gods’ with love and truth, together as much as is practical, individually speaking and reasoning with each other as well as with the Darkness, more like a Congress making decisions together about action you will take together than a Church where action is incidental and rare – and growing until living, myth-smashing stones fill the whole earth and nothing is left of the Rock of the ‘gods’ but the myth-dust which the Wind/Holy Spirit is waiting to blow away.”