~ Jesus Christ Is Cornerstone of The
New Temple and the Head of His Church ~
The Bible is about Jesus Christ
~ “Jesus
said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken! Did not the
Christ have to suffer these things
and then enter His glory?’ And beginning
with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was said in all the
Scriptures concerning Himself” (Luke 24:25-27).
Jesus Christ in the Book of Ephesians
~ As the Head of the Church Jesus
Christ is the Giver of ministry gifts, the Christ of unsearchable riches, and
our glorious treasure. He is also our
Reconciler, and Heavenly King.
The Old
Testament anticipated that the Messiah would be a Temple builder. Jesus Christ has come and is building a
temple—but not a physical bricks-and-mortar temple. He is the chief corner stone and the
foundation has been built with the apostles, prophets. His saints (both Jewish believers and Gentile
believers) are completing this most important of all temples.
“Now, therefore, you [Gentiles] are no longer strangers and
foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of
God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being
fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are
being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit” (Ephesians
2:19-22).
Comment
~ We have only touched the
surface of Christ in the book of Ephesians.
The Apostle Paul told us the Scriptures present many shadows of things
to come but the reality is found in Jesus Christ (Colossians 2:17).
Compare
the Following Passages:
Ephesians
5:31 with Genesis 2:24
Ephesians
6:2-3 with Exodus 20:12 and Deuteronomy 5:16
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