CORNER-STONE, STONE OF STUMBLING.
Grace
is only given to the sheep; The death angel was a blessing to jews, to
be the final basis for their release. The death angel was a curse for
the Egyptians, to be the demise of their evil. The same event, two
different effects. Grace to one, judgment to the other. I think one
Puritan made the same observation about the Red Sea, a means of life for
the Jews, a means of death for the Pharaoh....one miracle, a purpose of
grace, a purpose of judgment, God glorified in both.
Noah's boat saved his family, and condemned the World. (Hebrews 11);
Jesus is the corner-stone, and a stone of stumbling.
Jericho's wall fell, a miracle for the Jews, a curse for the residents.