Cornerstone
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Binding together the sides of the building. Some of the temple ones are 19 ft. long and 7 1/2 thick. Compare Solomon's temple, 1Ki_5:17; 1Ki_7:9. Christ is the true grainer stone, laid by the Father in Zion, on whom the whole church rests (Isa_28:16). He is also "the head stone," or fifth crowning top grainer of the pyramid, in which the whole building meets and culminates (Zec_4:7). Compare Gen_49:24; Psa_118:22; Mat_21:42; Rom_9:33-34; Eph_2:21.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
In ancient building practices, cornerstones were very important. The builders who laid the foundation had to shape and set the cornerstone of the foundation accurately, because the whole building was set out in relation to it. The building depended upon the cornerstone for its successful construction (Job_38:6; Isa_28:16; Jer_51:26).
As the builders moved on to the construction of the walls, they used additional cornerstones to tie the main walls together, thereby bringing stability to the whole structure. The placing of the chief cornerstone was always a satisfying achievement, because this was the stone that guaranteed the perfection of the whole building.
The cornerstone therefore provided a useful illustration of triumph and achievement. On one occasion when an Israelite king was on the edge of a humiliating defeat, he was likened to a useless stone that the builders had thrown away; but when he triumphed, he was likened to a stone that they had brought back and made the chief cornerstone (Psa_118:21-24).
In rejecting Jesus, the Jews were likened to builders who rejected the best stone of all. And just as a stone lying in the builders path can be an obstacle to them, so Jesus was an obstacle to the Jews. As long as they would not believe in him, they could not be saved. They were like builders trying to complete the building without using the main stone. God then took the rejected stone (Jesus) and made him the chief cornerstone in the new house of God, the church. Christ is exalted to the highest place, and the whole church, which consists of living stones, is built around and built into him (Mat_21:42-43; Act_4:11; Eph_2:19-20; 1Pe_2:4-8). (See also STUMBLING BLOCK.)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
Psa_144:12 (b) This represents the place of prominence which the women of Israel would have when the Lord made them beautiful in their obedience and lovely in their faith.
Isa_28:16 (a) Here is a type of the mainstay and foundation of the church. As the cornerstone of a building indicates its official character and its permanent construction, so CHRIST is to the church. He is the principal stone, the main foundation, the center One in all of GOD's purposes and plans. (See also Mat_21:42; Eph_2:20).
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
In ancient building practices, cornerstones were very important. The builders who laid the foundation had to shape and set the cornerstone of the foundation accurately, because the whole building was set out in relation to it. The building depended upon the cornerstone for its successful construction (Job_38:6; Isa_28:16; Jer_51:26).
As the builders moved on to the construction of the walls, they used additional cornerstones to tie the main walls together, thereby bringing stability to the whole structure. The placing of the chief cornerstone was always a satisfying achievement, because this was the stone that guaranteed the perfection of the whole building.
The cornerstone therefore provided a useful illustration of triumph and achievement. On one occasion when an Israelite king was on the edge of a humiliating defeat, he was likened to a useless stone that the builders had thrown away; but when he triumphed, he was likened to a stone that they had brought back and made the chief cornerstone (Psa_118:21-24).
In rejecting Jesus, the Jews were likened to builders who rejected the best stone of all. And just as a stone lying in the builders path can be an obstacle to them, so Jesus was an obstacle to the Jews. As long as they would not believe in him, they could not be saved. They were like builders trying to complete the building without using the main stone. God then took the rejected stone (Jesus) and made him the chief cornerstone in the new house of God, the church. Christ is exalted to the highest place, and the whole church, which consists of living stones, is built around and built into him (Mat_21:42-43; Act_4:11; Eph_2:19-20; 1Pe_2:4-8). (See also STUMBLING BLOCK.)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
Psa_144:12 (b) This represents the place of prominence which the women of Israel would have when the Lord made them beautiful in their obedience and lovely in their faith.
Isa_28:16 (a) Here is a type of the mainstay and foundation of the church. As the cornerstone of a building indicates its official character and its permanent construction, so CHRIST is to the church. He is the principal stone, the main foundation, the center One in all of GOD's purposes and plans. (See also Mat_21:42; Eph_2:20).
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.
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