The Stone which the builders rejected

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InSpiritInTruth said:
Zerubbabel is like the symbolism of the righteous servant the Branch I showed in the OP who brings forth the words of God, just as Jesus Christ (The Word of God) is also called His servant the Branch who speaks the words of God and also builds the house of God. God's Word is the Stone that brings forth the Living waters, or brings forth the words of Life.

Just as we are told by Jesus that obeying his words and sayings is like building our houses upon a rock.

Matthew 7:24-25

[SUP]24 [/SUP]Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

[SUP]25 [/SUP]And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
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Symbolism doesn't work that way. In order to understand symbolic verses, we take the real and substitue it for the symbol. See the example below.

Zechariah 4:7 KJV
Who art thou, O great mountain (impassable object)? before Zerubbabel (Christ) thou shalt become a plain (passable): and he (Christ) shall bring forth the headstone (grave marker) thereof (impassible mountain) with shoutings, crying , Grace, grace unto it (grace given to the impassable mountain because it is now become a plain).

I know what the verse is hinting at so I can go even further.

Zechariah 4:7 KJV
Who art thou, O great mountain (obedience to the law)? before Zerubbabel (Christ) thou shalt become a plain (love your neighbor fufills the law): and he (Christ) shall bring forth the headstone (grave marker) thereof (obedience to the law) with shoutings, crying , Grace, grace unto it (grace has been given to the law).

Notice how the real was substitued for the symbol and the sentence still makes perfect sense and doesn't contradict itself e.g. this contradictory sentence that makes no sense - the righteousness of Christ brings forth Christ shouting grace is given to Christ.

Here we have an Old Testament prophecy of Jesus bringing grace to the law at his first coming.
 
KJV1611 said:
Who does Zerubbabel represent?
Edit: Zerubbabel made the mountain a plain.
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Well, somewhere recently you said scripture was...layered? I agreed. And a lot of scripture of prophecy is applicable to men in different ages. That was how Jesus could be speaking of the actual man, John the Baptist and yet say that he was Elijah, and how God could also say he was sending Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord, to put the hearts of the sons to the fathers and hearts of the fathers to the sons. And even further, (in my opinion) Elijah is still to come because he will be one of the two witnesses, which in itself will fulfill the prophecy that all men will die once and then the judgement, because Elijah never died yet but was taken by God into the air.

As for Zerubabel, I don't have such clarity yet. I would prefer that another man who has received more from the Lord on it speak if he's here. :) But if no man speaks, I'll at least tell you what I think. :)
 
Stunnedbygrace said:
I don't know, my understanding is just sort of like...the mountain isn't too good. It's like God is saying, who do you think you are, mountain? The mountain is leveled by the stone. (And He will level all the mountains and lofty hills said Isaiah). And when the stone is brought forth/seen by men, they cry out grace! grace! Let the grace of God be to it! And He grew in grace with both God and men and then God poured out the Spirit of grace on Him with out measure. He poured out His mighty Spirit of grace and the oil of gladness on Him more than on any other. This cry of grace! grace! echo's hosanna! to me. And the man who wrote that song, I think he understood some of the Spirit when he said how precious (grace! grace! amazing grace!) did that grace appear the hour I first believed. I just somehow see it all together in places. Not by might of men but by My Spirit - who do you think you are mountain? This stone brought not by the work or might of men but by My Spirit will level you and make the rocky places smooth and prepare the way for His coming. I just...I don't know, I just see it and I sense it and I feel it and...but then, I don't and am not able to drastically and starkly separate House Construction Company and delineate (at least not fully, the three persons of the Trinity. In a sense, they are all God to me. So if I had to starkly define if the stone is the Holy Spirit or is Jesus, I can't quite do it because they are all God to me, the Spirit of God...
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“The stone which the builders rejected” is a powerful biblical phrase that symbolizes how something or someone once overlooked or dismissed can later become extremely important. The expression comes from The Bible, specifically from Book of Psalms 118:22, where it says that the rejected stone becomes the cornerstone—the most crucial part of a structure. I
 
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