The Architect himself did interfere, brushed those petty officials aside, had the tried Stone brought out, and on it he has had built the new temple of the ages. The Architect himself may order this Stone to be brought, and made the "Head of the corner." But happily they were only like overseers, or clerks of works. It may lie forever in the quarry for all they care. And they were, then and there, rejecting that "tried Stone, that precious Cornerstone." They would put nothing on it. When our Lord spoke, the Cornerstone was almost ready and there were the men who prided themselves on being the builders of God's temple of religion. The Captain of our salvation was made perfect through suffering, for his work as the "bringer on of souls." "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things that he suffered." The Cornerstone was being chiselled and, bevelled for its place. ![]() The apostle permits us to think of the experiences of our Lord's human life as fitting him to be the Saviour he became. ![]() Describe the work done on the limestone block in order to fit it for its place as a foundationstone. Dean Plumptre says, "In the primary meaning of the psalm, the illustration seems to have been drawn from one of the stones, quarried, hewn, and marked, away from the site of the temple, which the builders, ignorant of the head architect's plans, had put on one side, as having no place in the building, but which was found afterwards to be that on which the completeness of the structure depended, that on which, as the chief cornerstone, the two walls met, and were bonded together." Take this suggestion, and consider. Probably the figure of the "cornerstone" is taken from the corner of Mount Moriah, which had to be built up from the valley, in order to make a square area for the temple courts. Memorial stones are taking the place of foundation stones. There is no sense in which buildings now rest on them. ![]() Foundation stones are now mere ornaments. Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected…įoundations are not now laid as in olden times.
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