The Corner Stone

How is your house built? Does it have a foundation? Paul spoke of a spiritual building.

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; [Ephesians 2:20 KJV]

He said it had the foundation of the apostles and prophets. The prophets he refers to are those Old Testament men sent by God to remind Israel of its past and to tell them what their future would be. Men who wrote about His birth:

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. [Micah 5:2 KJV]

To those who wrote of His death:

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. [Psalms 22:18 KJV]

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. [Zechariah 12:10 KJV]

This corner stone is spoken of by prophets, too:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. [Isaiah 28:16 KJV]

And by Christ:

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. [Matthew 21:42-44 KJV]

Upon that corner stone, that firm foundation laid by prophets and apostles, we build.

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. [Ephesians 2:21-22 KJV]

And what do we get for building with this corner stone?

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; [Ephesians 2:18-19 KJV]

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. [2 Corinthians 9:15 KJV]