Cornerstone and foundation-stone imagery uses a tested, chosen, rejected, or chief stone to picture God’s appointed foundation, especially the Messiah as the rejected yet exalted cornerstone.
Cornerstone and foundation-stone imagery uses a tested, chosen, rejected, or chief stone to picture God’s appointed foundation, especially the Messiah as the rejected yet exalted cornerstone.
A building-material motif in which the stone that establishes, aligns, or completes a structure signifies divinely chosen stability, messianic authority, and the reversal of human rejection.
These examples show how Cornerstone, Foundation-Stone, and Tested-Stone Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
a tried stone, a precious corner stone
The chosen foundation stone pictures secure trust in God’s appointed provision.
the stone which the builders refused
The rejected stone becomes central by the LORD’s doing.
the stone that I have laid before Joshua
The stone is connected with divine action, cleansing, and restored priestly hope.
he shall bring forth the headstone
The headstone pictures completion of God’s rebuilding work.
the stone which the builders rejected
Jesus applies the rejected-stone motif to his own messianic rejection and vindication.
the stone which was set at nought
Apostolic preaching identifies Christ as the rejected stone made head of the corner.
other foundation can no man lay
Foundation language centers the church’s stability on Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone
The cornerstone coordinates apostolic and prophetic foundation imagery.
a chief corner stone, elect, precious
Peter uses Isaiah’s cornerstone to describe Christ as chosen and precious.
the stone which the builders disallowed
Believers honour the stone that unbelief rejected.
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