Notes

BIBLE STUDY RELATING TO THE KEYSTONE AND CAPSTONE IN SCRIPTURE

IN ARCHITECTURE, THE CAPSTONE IS THE ROCK OR STONE PLACED ON TOP OF A WALL. UNLIKE THE CORNERSTONE, WHICH IS AT THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE AND AN IMPORTANT STONE OF THE FOUNDATION, THE CAPSTONE IS THE FINAL STONE PLACED ON TOP THAT HELPS HOLD THE STRUCTURE TOGETHER.
THE CAPSTONE LIKE THE CORNERSTONE IS AN IMPORTANT METAPHOR FOR JESUS AND HIS PROMINENCE AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

RELATED SCRIPTURE FROM THE BIBLE FOLLOW:
PSALM 118
VERSE 20 TO 29
OPEN FOR ME THE GATES WHERE THE RIGHTEOUS ENTER, AND I WILL GO IN AND THANK THE LORD, AND THE GODLY ENTER THERE.
I THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY PRAYER AND GIVING ME VICTORY.
THE STONE THAT THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS NOW BECOME THE CORNERSTONE. THIS IS THE LORD'S DOING, AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE. THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE. WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. PLEASE LORD, PLEASE SAVE US. PLEASE LORD, GIVE US SUCCESS. BLESS THE ONES WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. WE BLESS YOU FROM THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. THE LORD IS GOD, SHINING UPON US. TAKE THE SACRIFICE AND BIND IT WITH CORDS ON THE ALTAR. YOU ARE MY GOD, AND I WILL PRAISE YOU. YOU ARE MY GOD AND I WILL EXALT YOU. GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD. HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER.
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THIS WORD COULD BE CORRELATED AS CAPSTONE OR CORNERSTONE
CHRIST IS BOTH THE CORNERSTONE AND THE CAPSTONE. HE IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SALVATION. HE HOLDS ALL THINGS TOGETHER.
WHEN PETER STATES THAT JESUS IS THE STONE THAT THE BUILDERS REJECTED, HE MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH ISRAEL HAS REJECTED THE MESSIAH. JESUS IS STILL GOD'S CHOICE. JESUS IS SUPREME BECAUSE SALVATION IS ONLY FOUND IN HIM.
JESUS IS OUR RIGHT AND TRUE FOUNDATION, PERFECT, AND WHATEVER IS BUILT IN ALLIGNMENT WITH HIM WILL BE RIGHT AND TRUE TOO.

ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 4 VERSES 6 TO 9
THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS TO ZERUBBABEL: IT IS NOT BY FORCE NOR BY STRENGTH, BUT BY MY SPIRIT, SAYS THE LORD OF HEAVENS ARMIES. NOTHING NOT EVEN A MIGHTY MOUNTAIN, WILL STAND IN ZERUBBABEL'S WAY, IT WILL BECOME A LEVEL PLAIN BEFORE HIM. AND WHEN ZERUBBABEL'S SETS THE FINAL STONE OF THE TEMPLE IN PLACE, THE PEOPLE WILL SHOUT. MAY GOD BLESS IT, MAY GOD BLESS IT.
THEN ANOTHER MESSAGE CAME TO ME FROM THE LORD. ZERUBBABEL IS THE ONE WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THIS TEMPLE, AND HE WILL COMPLETE IT. THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE LORD OF THE HEAVEN'S ARMIES HAS SENT ME.

PARABLE OF THE EVIL FARMERS FROM LUKE 20

A MAN PLANTED A VINEYARD, LEASED IT TO TENANT FARMERS, AND MOVED TO ANOTHER COUNTRY TO LIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AT THE TIME OF THE GRAPE HARVEST, HE SENT ONE OF HIS SERVANTS TO COLLECT HIS SHARE OF THE CROP. BUT THE FARMERS ATTACKED THE SERVANT, BEAT HIM UP, AND SENT HIM BACK EMPTY HANDED. SO THE OWNER SENT ANOTHER SERVANT, BUT THEY ALSO INSULTED HIM, BEAT HIM UP, AND SENT HIM AWAY EMPTY HANDED. A THIRD MAN WAS SENT, AND THEY WOUNDED HIM AND CHASED HIM AWAY. WHAT WILL I DO THE OWNER ASKED HIMSELF. I KNOW, I WILL SEND MY CHERISHED SON. SURELY THEY WILL RESPECT HIM. BUT WHEN THE TENANT FARMERS SAW HIS SON, THEY SAID TO EACH OTHER, HERE COMES THE HEIR TO THIS ESTATE, LETS KILL HIM AND GET THE ESTATE FOR OURSELVES. SO THEY DRAGGED HIM OUT OF THE VINEYARD AND MURDERED HIM.
WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THE OWNER OF THE VINEYARD WILL DO TO THEM ASKED JESUS?
I'LL TELL YOU HE WILL COME AND KILL THESE FARMERS AND LEASE THE VINEYARD TO OTHERS. HOW TERRIBLE THAT SUCH A THING SHOULD EVER HAPPEN, HIS LISTENENERS PROTESTED. JESUS LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID, THEN WHAT DOES THE SCRIPTURE MEAN?
THE STONE THAT THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS NOW BECOME THE CORNERSTONE. EVERYONE WHO STUMBLES OVER THAT STONE WILL BE BROKEN TO PIECES, AND IT WILL CRUSH ANYONE IT FALLS ON.
THE TEACHERS OF RELIGIOUS LAW AND THE LEADING PRIESTS WANTED TO ARREST JESUS IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THEY REALISED HE WAS TELLING THE STORY AGAINST THEM, THEY WERE THE WICKED FARMERS. BUT THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE'S REACTION.
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EPHESIANS 2 VERSES 19 TO 22 A TEMPLE FOR THE LORD

SO NOW YOU GENTILES ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS. YOU . ARE CITIZENS ALONG WITH ALL OF GOD'S HOLY PEOPLE. YOU ARE MEMBERS OF GOD'S FAMILY. TOGETHER, WE ARE HIS HOUSE, BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND THE PROPHETS. AND THE CORNERSTONE IS CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF. WE ARE CAREFULLY JOINED TOGETHER IN HIM, BECOMING A HOLY TEMPLE OF THE LORD. THROUGH HIM YOU GENTILES ARE ALSO BEING MADE PART OF THIS DWELLING WHERE GOD LIVES BY HIS SPIRIT.

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UNLESS YOU LORD BUILD THE HOUSE THEY LABOUR IN VAIN BECAUSE THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE CORNERSTONE

AND SO THAT LEAD US TO JOHNS SONG UNLESS
TAKES US TO PSALM 127

UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS A HOUSE, THE WORK OF THE BUILDERS IS WASTED.
UNLESS THE LORD PROTECTS A CITY, GUARDING IT WITH SENTRIES WILL DO NO GOOD
IT IS USELESS FOR YOU TO WORK SO HARD FROM EARLY MORNING UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT, ANXIOUSLY WORKING FOR FOOD TO EAT, FOR GOD GIVES REST TO HIS LOVED ONES.


AMANDAS WORDS OF REFLECTION

THIS SHOWS ME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CHECK EVERYTHING THAT I AM PLANNING TO DO OR TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN MY LIFE.
I CAN THINK I AM DOING THE RIGHT THING BUT I NEED TO PRAY, ASK OTHERS WHAT THEY THINK OF THE IDEAS I THINK I HAVE HAD FROM PRAYER AND MEDITATION, AS I CAN EASILY GET IT WRONG, THROUGH ANGER AND JUSTIFICATION OR PERSONAL HURTS THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO RECOGNISE.
I NEED PEOPLE IN CHURCH MY FELLOW CONGREGATION, MY CLOSE FRIEND, THE DEACONS AND THE PASTEUR OF THE CHURCH. I HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH HUMILITY TO ACCEPT WHEN THINGS ARE NOT WHAT I THOUGHT THEY WERE WITH MY DEVOTIONALS.