Mark 12:10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture: “The stone the
builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes?”
Pastor JJ picked up where he left off in his Sunday
Sermon series of going through the gospel of Mark. In the Parable of the
Tenants of Mark 12:1-12, the Lord
Jesus told a short allegorical story
designed to illustrate and teach a truth, a religious principle, and moral
lesson. The man who planted the vineyard was God, The vineyard was the nation Israel , the
tenants were the Sanhedrin (the governing body of the Israelites, the servants
were the Prophets sent by God, and the Son was Christ – the Cornerstone. Verse
12 tells us that after hearing this story, then the chief priests, the teachers of the
law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had
spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and
went away.
We sure don’t hear about
cornerstones in structures much these days. The cornerstone concept is derived from the first stone set in the
construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in
reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure. It is a
"foundation-stone", and is symbolic of Christ, whom the Apostle Paul referred
to as the "head of the corner" and is the "Chief Cornerstone of
the Church". Cornerstone is cited
six times in the New Testament (Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10, Luke 20:17, Acts 4:11, Ephesians 2:20, and 1 Peter 2:7). But if we think about the Lord Jesus
Christ as the head of the church body, as the cornerstone of the church, then “all other stones (the body of Believers) will be set
in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure (the church)” the symbolism makes sense. But, Jesus is “the stone the builders rejected”. The
people of Israel
were entrusting to the care of these leaders, but instead of aligning with God’s
Word, Will and Ways, they persecuted them. They missed the point in order to
keep everything for themselves. They thought that they were building God’s
structure of live, but not resting upon the “right” thing … the cornerstone was
rejected.
Mark 12:9 “What then will the
owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the
vineyard to others.”
God’s holy Word defines life and
Jesus is the only cornerstone to build our life upon.
In Christ, Brian
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