Jesus’ “Millstone” Reference and Relevance
By: Terry James
A favorite lyric line of mine in a country song by The Oak Ridge Boys called Thank God for Kids is: “The nearest thing to Heaven is a child…”
Now I know that new parents, when up at 3 a.m., walking a baby that won’t stop crying, or having to feed the child at that hour, might not always find that line by the Oak Ridge Boys so heart-warming. But as one now far into the distant grandfatherly sphere, I can and do see the Truth and heart-warming efficacy in the song’s sense of God’s love for children.
God’s Word makes it quite clear about Heaven’s View of children and their innocence and helplessness. We are shown that anyone dealing treacherously with those who haven’t reached an age of full understanding and comportment is dealing with the very center of God’s own Heart. His anger over such egregious treatment of little ones is implicit in His Son’s words while teaching during his earthly incarnation.
“At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drown in the depth of the sea” (Matthew 18:1-6).
It is my contention, based upon conviction from the Holy Spirit, that the millstone reference has a most profound relevance for this generation – especially for America. The satanically inspired treatment of children, much of it codified by the woke movement over the past recent years, shows, I believe, just how near the end of Heaven’s patience is with the Sodom-level wickedness here in this nation and world.
That evil influence from the dark dimension continues to assault all that is decent, and much of it is aimed directly at the youngest, most vulnerable among us. A news item highlights where the nation stands on this war on godliness.
In preparing for a Supreme Court argument on Tuesday over the role of religion in public schools, the justices and their law clerks have considered the usual pile of briefs, pleadings, declarations, and exhibits.
But this time, the key documents in the court record are seven colorful books for young children, with sparse text and cheerful illustrations. They include Pride Puppy, an alphabet primer about a family whose puppy gets lost at a Pride parade; Love, Violet, about a girl who develops a crush on her female classmate; Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, about a same-sex union; and Born Ready, about a transgender boy…
Source: Supreme Court to Weigh Use of L.G.B.T.Q. Children’s Books in Schools – The New York Times By Adam Liptak, April 23, 2025]
While this report is out of the wokeness-prone New York Times —thus we can’t get the full maliciousness wrapped up in what’s going on in the Maryland public schools with regard to the evil attempted against children and their parents—other reports tell the truly troubling story.
An example: Chris Plante on his morning, nationwide radio program, Wednesday, April 23, described the books the Maryland school board insisted even kindergarten children be shown. The pictures were line drawings rather than photographs. If they had been photographs, the producers would have been charged with criminal pedophilia, Plante said. Because they were artist renderings, the pictures were not felonious in the eyes of Maryland law.
Not meaning to offend with being overly graphic, these drawings, Chris Plante said, showed small boys and grown men in sexual ways of the most explicit sort. He described other, even more horrendous drawings in the books being forced upon the parents, who apparently have no recourse to having their children exposed to this wickedness unless the Supreme Court ultimately overrules these ungodly school board members.
Jesus’ Words again reverberate throughout our land as the highest court considers whether to allow or remove such hellish so-called textbooks. I would remind both those school board members and all who perpetrate such evil – and remind the Supreme Court justices as well of God’s verdict on such perversion.
“Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”
And more to the Relevance in all of this building end times anti-God activity, I once again must express a Truth I have known since my own earliest childhood, when saved at age 6 in the Seventh Street Bible Tabernacle in Pekin, Illinois.
All children below the age of Accountability will go to Jesus when He calls all believers to Himself in the Rapture. There will not be one such little one–even those just conceived—who will be left behind to face God’s Wrath and Judgment.
Jesus’ own Words, again, I believe, assure this absolute Truth in regard to Children and the Rapture.
“Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
Jesus is saying here, I am convinced, that, before reaching the age of accountability, little children are guaranteed to be in His Kingdom.
The God of all Creation will declare through that action exactly when life begins for the pro-abortion and woke activists. He will demonstrate in no uncertain terms His opinion of abortion. He will indeed prove in that electrifying instant of Rapture that the nearest thing to Heaven is a child.
You want to be in God’s Holy Eyes as one of these little children about whom Jesus spoke. That is you want to be a part of those who will go instantaneously to Jesus when He summons the Church (all born-again believers). Simply follow God’s Instructions in order to be forever redeemed out of sin and separation from God.
“That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).
–Terry Read More