The Hidden Meaning of THE CORNERSTONE and Why it is the Key to Everything a Christian Believes

Grab the 52 Weeks of Bible Investigation: https://www.discernmentmadeclear.com This video explains the biblical meaning of the cornerstone, why the Bible calls Jesus the chief cornerstone, and what the Hebrew phrase rosh pinnah and the rare Greek word akrogoniaios actually describe in ancient construction. Most people hear the word cornerstone as a compliment, a warm way of saying that Jesus is important. In ancient masonry it was something far more specific: the one stone in a structure that every other stone was measured against, and the only stone bonded into two walls at once. This study traces the cornerstone image from Psalm 118 through Isaiah, Daniel, Matthew, Acts, Ephesians and First Peter, using Herodian stonework, Hebrew and Greek word studies, and the setting of the unfinished temple to show why the New Testament writers hang the identity of Jesus, the salvation of the believer, and the structure of the church on this one picture. What's covered in this video How stonecutters near Jerusalem split bedrock with dry wooden wedges soaked in water, then dressed each block with a chiseled margin and a raised boss. What Herodian masonry looks like, including mortarless joints, the thirty-nine foot corner blocks at the Temple Mount, and the Western Stone weighing five hundred to six hundred tons. How First Kings chapter six verse seven describes Solomon's temple being built from stone finished at the quarry, with no hammer or iron tool heard at the site. Why a cornerstone governs the direction of both walls, and why it is the one stone that cannot be replaced later without pulling the wall down. What Psalm 118 verse 22 says about the stone the builders rejected, and what the Hebrew phrase rosh pinnah, meaning head of the corner, literally describes. The Hebrew wordplay between eben, meaning stone, and ben, meaning son, and how the Aramaic Targum reads the verse as a rejected child among the sons of Jesse rather than a stone. Why Psalm 118 closed the Hallel p