He answered and said to them, “I tell
you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”
Luke 19:40
Several years
ago I had the privilege to visit England when my husband, Ken, was deployed
with the Navy. We had the opportunity to tour several castles which was a dream
come true for me. The size of these ancient fortresses was overwhelming,
especially when you think about the task of building something so immense
without cranes, bulldozers or modern technology. The craftsmanship was evident
as these stone structures are still standing hundreds of years later. History told
its story everywhere you looked. The
stones were crying out.
Centuries
before these castles were erected the temple in Jerusalem was built by King Solomon
but was later destroyed by invaders. Construction of a second temple was
started several decades later. Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem and prophesied
that the temple would not have one stone left upon another and in 70AD the
Romans came in and leveled it. A remnant of the wall surrounding the temple is
all that is left and is known today as the Wailing Wall.
The Messiah
was rejected. The stones cried out.
On a hill
called Golgotha, our Savior took His last breath and gave up His Spirit. The
earth shook and the rocks were split. The
stones cried out. Redemption was done.
He was laid
in a tomb and it was sealed. On Sunday morning the stone rolled away, guards
fled in fear, and the earth shook again. The
stone cried out: Resurrection.
God laid the
foundation for a new temple with Christ as the chief Cornerstone when His blood
was placed on the mercy seat of Heaven.
“Coming
to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and
precious. You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a
holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ.”
(I
Peter 2:4-5)
We, as living
stones, are His temple and as we proclaim His Word, the stones cry out.
What are you,
as a living stone, saying about Resurrection Day? Please share your thoughts.
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