How is the breaking of the rocks a symbol of the world rejecting Christ?

Thomas R. Valletta

“It is prophesied that at the death of Christ the Rock, ‘the rocks … the more part of it is one solid mass, shall be broken up’ (Hel. 14:21). In the fulfillment of this prophecy, at the time of the Crucifixion ‘the rocks were rent in twain; they were broken up upon the face of the whole earth’ (3 Ne. 8:18). On the other hand, in its wholeness a rock is associated with Christ, the rock of salvation (1 Ne. 15:15). … It is upon the rock of the Redeemer and his doctrine we may confidently build (Hel. 5:12; 3 Ne. 11:39–40)” (Rust, Feasting on the Word, 188).

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