“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.”
and, 'A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.' They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for — the citation from Isaiah 8:14 portrays the stone as proskomma (stumbling block) and petra skandalou (rock of offense) for those who refuse obedience. The troubling assertion that some are 'destined for' (tasso) disobedience remains theologically complex, suggesting divine ordering of outcomes.
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