14 But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken away his plainness from them, and delivered unto them many things which they cannot understand, because they desired it. And because they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble.

15 And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying; for I perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that by the stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon which they might build and have safe foundation.

16 But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shall become the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation, upon which the Jews can build.

17 And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may become the head of their corner?

18 Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto you; if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the Spirit, and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.

Jacob 4:15-18

Jacob’s words echo Israel’s forgetting of God. In Deuteronomy 32:18 it states, “Of The Rock that Begat Thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God That Formed Thee.” Jesus is the corner stone. He is the great and the last and only sure foundation. He is a sure foundation that we can build our lives on. If we are to be like the wise men who built their house upon the rock, we will build our house (our inner temples) on Jesus who is the true foundation stone. All other foundations are like building on sand that will be swept away in the storms, but the words of Jesus will endure forever and we can trust in him.

For a more in-depth analysis of Jacob’s sermon about Christ as the Foundation Stone, click here.