Messianic Prophecies 4 worksheet
The Rejected Cornerstone
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Prophesies

Psalm 118:22-23 (NIV) says:
22The stone the builders

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has become the
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; 23the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in
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eyes.

Context
Psalm 118:19–29 includes phrases used during Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:8–9). References to gates, cornerstones, and salvation are themes repeated frequently in the Bible (John 10:9; Matthew 7:13–14; Titus 2:11; 1 Peter 2:6). Similar ideas about entering through gates to praise God are found in Psalm 24:7–10 and Psalm 26:6–8.

A cornerstone provides crucial support and stability for an entire structure. Only the best and sturdiest were chosen for this purpose. In this passage, the psalmist notes that the world had rejected Israel (Psalm 118:10–13). Other nations treated them as if they were without value (Deuteronomy 7:7–8, 18–19; 2 Chronicles 36:17–21). But the Lord had chosen Israel as the cornerstone (Psalm 118:22) of His plan for mankind’s salvation (Deuteronomy 7:6; John 4:22; Romans 9:5). Israel is rightly amazed at what God is doing. (BibleRef)

Q1 What is special about a cornerstone of a building?


Q2 Who are the builders?


Q3 Who is meant when speakeng of “our eyes”?

Fulfillments

Matthew 21:33-44 (NIV) says:
33“Listen to another parable: There was a

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who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 34When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. 35“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37Last of all, he sent
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to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. 38“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’39So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and
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him. 40“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard
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, what will he do to those tenants?” 41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.” 42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone the builders
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has become the
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; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? 43“Therefore I tell you that the
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of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Q4 Who is the landowner (vs 33)?


Q5 In verse 33 of this parable, it’s said that the landowner moved to another place. What does that mean?


Q6 The tenants vilantly treated (vs 35) the servants of the landowner? Who are his servants? WAnd who is the son of the landowner


Q7 Verse 40 reports that the owner comes. Who is that in this case?


Q8 In verse 43 we see that the kindom will be taken away. What kingdom? And who are the people who will produce its fruit?


Q9 Any idea what the stone in verse 44 is?