Monday August 18, 2025 - Cornerstone, Capstone

 Chapter 12: Cornerstone, Capstone Day 2

His Name Revealed:

Luke 20:9-19 - Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. 10 Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out. 13 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ 14 But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!” 17 Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’? 18 Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” 19 And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people—for they knew He had spoken this parable against them. 

Lord Jesus, 

    You are the cornerstone, on which God is building. I pray that You will help me build my life on You. In a way that makes me a vital living stone so that I will be a part of God's dwelling place on earth. 

Understanding the Name: 

    When Jesus quoted the passage from Psalm 118:22 referring to the stone the builders rejected, He was pointing to the rejection that He got from the Jews His chosen people, And its leaders.  But to spite their rejection God's purposes could not be thwarted, in fact the master builder would make Jesus through His death and resurrection the capstone or cornerstone on which He would build. The New Testament portrays the whole community of believers as a holy temple in which God dwells to those who reject Jesus and His saving message will be not a cornerstone but a stone of stumbling, because rejection of God's chosen one also brings judgement. 

    As an interesting side note, the royal name was often inscribed on the cornerstone, among the Caninities, before the time of Joshua the laying of the foundation stone was often accompanied by human sacrifice, tragically a number of skeletons specially those of small babies in earthen jars have been found at various sites. 


Studying the Name

 1. Why do you think Jesus’ comments about “the stone the builders

 rejected” immediately follows the parable of the vineyard?

 2. What do you think it means to build your life on Jesus as the

 Cornerstone?

 3. What does it mean that Jesus is a stone that people will fall on?


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