Dear Sir,<\/p>\n
May the peace of God be with you all.\u00a0I would be grateful if you could help me with the understanding of Psalms 118:22-24. Is the verse(s) referring to Jesus and his resurrection?<\/p>\nThank you,
\nGod bless you.\n\t
“The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner stone. This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it<\/em>” (Psalms 118:22-24).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jesus quoted this passage and applied it to the Jews who were seeking to kill him. “Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief corner stone; This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it. And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.” When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them<\/em>” (Matthew 21:42-45).<\/p>\n
Peter quoted this same passage and applied it to the Jews who had killed Jesus and said that, as prophesied, Jesus became the cornerstone of our salvation.\u00a0“Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people, if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well, let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead–by this name this man stands here before you in good health. He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved<\/em>” (Acts 4:8-12). See also I Peter 2:4-8.<\/p>\n
The prophecy does not directly speak of Jesus’ resurrection, just as it does not speak directly of his death. His death is hinted at in the rejection of the builders. His resurrection is also hinted at because, despite his rejection, he becomes someone highly important at the instigation of God.<\/p>\n
“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father<\/em>” (Philippians 2:5-11).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t
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I understand. I am very grateful.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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