The Head Cornerstone
Apr 1, 2021 11:23:45 GMT
Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2021 11:23:45 GMT
Jesus Christ is often referred to as the " Headstone of the corner " or " Head corner stone ", which is a reference to the cornerstone of a building, in this case a temple
The Bible in turn likens people to temples
In the Hebrew Bible, the phrase " head stone of the corner " ( r'osh pinnah ) has a value that sums to the triangular figurate T36 ( 666 )
The Bible in turn likens people to temples
In the Hebrew Bible, the phrase " head stone of the corner " ( r'osh pinnah ) has a value that sums to the triangular figurate T36 ( 666 )
This, I believe, is not coincidental, but rather clearly indicates that Biblical authors were well aware of the use of triangular figurate numbers ( Standard for the time period ), and that the author/s of the Book of Revelation meant for the use of 666 to reflect the gematria of the Hebrew Bible, which in my opinion would have been common knowledge in the period from which New Testament manuscripts start to appear
It's also an indication of the knowledge and use of combinatorics in the antiquities, because this happens to connect the figurate T36 ( 666 ) to the figurate T17 ( 153 )
This trivial set of permutations also contains the value of the name " Israel ", ( 541 ) this is is discussed more in my thread on the name of Israel HERE
" headstone of the corner " is clearly a sobriquet for Jesus
The laying of the corner or foundation-stone
(Job xxxviii. 4-6; Ps. xviii. 15, xxiv. 2) of the earth by the Creator is a conception borrowed from Babylonian Cosmogony, the earth being regarded as a huge mountain piled upon the abyss (Job xxvi. 7; "Journal Asiatique," ix. 101; Prayer of Manasses; compare Ps. xviii. 7; Micah vi. 2; Deut. xxxii. 22).
The laying of the corner-stone of a city or of a great structure was the occasion of a solemn rite in ancient times. To the pagan mind it appeared as an undertaking provoking the jealousy of the deity unless some bloody sacrifice was offered to pacify him (see Tylor, "Primitive Culture," pp. 104-108). Henceforth the foundation-stone, or the threshold beneath which the sacrificial blood was shed, remained the seat of the guardian spirit of the edifice, and hence the altar of the household (see H. Clay Trumbull, "The Threshold Covenant," New York, 1896).
The finding by Nabunahid, the last Babylonian king (556-538 B.C.), of the foundation-stone of the temple of Istar, built by Sargon I. 3800 B.C., is related as a triumph in his inscription (Schrader, "K. B." 1890, iii. 85), and the laying of the foundation-stone for his restoration of the temple of Nebo, with all the solemnities connected therewith, is described in another inscription (Schrader, l.c. iii. 5)
The story of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho, laying "the foundation thereof in Abiram, his first-born," and setting up "the gates thereof in his youngest son" (I Kings xvi. 34; Josh. vi. 26), seems to be connected with the primitive custom of laying foundations with blood, as, indeed, skulls were found built in with the brickwork when the tower ("ziḳḳurat") of the temple of Bel at Nippur was excavated (see "Jour. Bibl. Lit." 1896, xvi. 11, and Cheyne and Black, "Encyc. Bibl." s.v. "Hiel"). The Midrash also knows of Hebrews who were immured in buildings in Egypt (Ex. R. v.; compare Trumbull, l.c. pp. 47 et seq., and Simrock, "Handbuch der Deutschen Mythologie," 1874, p. 57)
One of the many symbolical names given to the terraced tower of the temple of Bel-Marduk was "the foundation-stone of heaven and earth" (Jastrow, "Religion of Babylonia and Assyria," p. 639)
The same importance seems to have been attributed also to the foundation-stone of the Temple at Jerusalem. In I Kings v. 17, vii. 9, the costly wrought stones used for the foundation of Solomon's Temple are described, and in I Kings vi. 37 the time of the laying of the corner-stone is especially mentioned
1 Kings 10:14 says, " the weight of gold which Solomon received every year was 666 talents of gold, besides what came from tradesmen, from the traffic of the merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the regions "
In Ezra iii. 10-11 the solemnities at the laying of the corner-stone of the Second Temple by Zerubbabel are detailed (see also Hag. ii. 15, 18-23, and Zech. iii. 9, iv. 9-10, viii. 9). Indeed, the exilic seer must have been familiar with solemn corner-stone rites when picturing the rebuilding of Jerusalem. (Isa. liv. 11; compare li. 1), just as Isaiah was when predicting a new and "tried and precious corner-stone of sure foundation" for Zion (Isa. xxviii. 16 et seq.; compare xiv. 32, Hebr.)
The fragmentary beginning of Ps. lxxxvii. obviously refers to the foundation-stone of Zion as the most sacred spot of the earth, and the rabbinical "eben shetiyyah" (the foundation-stone of the world, Yoma 54b) is but the proof of a continuous popular tradition
But that here also the ancient rite of some blood-sacrifice was not altogether forgotten, seems to be indicated by the connection, preserved at least in the Book of Chronicles, between the laying of the corner-stone of the Temple and the sacrifice offered by David for the cessation of the plague, at the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite (II Chron. iii. 1-3; compare I Chron. xxi. 18-31 with II Sam. xxiv.)
The ceremonious laying of the corner-stone of public buildings, especially of religious and charitable institutions, has become a universal custom, and was adopted by the Jews during the last century. The ceremony consists of placing an appropriate record or memorial in the hollow part of the stone beneath, and then of laying in place the corner-stone, accompanied by certain solemn forms
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" headstone of the corner " is clearly a well known sobriquet for Jesus
Remember Jacob. He flees from his father’s house because Esau threatens to kill him: be appears to be the rejected member of Isaac’s family, by whom the house would never be built up ( Missing the head stone of the corner )
At the end of a day’s journey he lies down with " a stone " for his pillow, and as he sweetly slumbers he sees heaven open
The next occurrence of the stone happens in reference to Joseph, of whom the dying Jacob said, “From there the Shepherd is the stone of Israel.” He was separated from his brethren by their envy and grievously wounded by their malice. They said, “Behold, this dreamer comes”; and they sold him for a slave into the stranger’s land. From the dungeons of Egypt he climbed to the throne, and became the cornerstone of Israel’s house
Then came David, whom his older brothers despised, and even his father passed him over, until the prophet of God asked for him, so that he might be anointed with oil. Out of his hand went that stone of Israel which laid low the pride of Philistia. Goliath must bite the dust when the stone of Israel flies from the hand of Israel’s shepherd, who was destined to be her king. He was rejected and hated by Saul, so that he wandered around in the wilderness, hiding in caves and rocks until the hour came when he was called to the throne
Peter said in the face of the crucifiers of Christ, “Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him this man stands here before you healed. This is the stone which was set at naught by you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.”
In his first epistle Peter refers again to this psalm in the well remembered words, “Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, ‘Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and he who believes on him shall not be confounded. To you therefore who believe he is precious: but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner.’ ”
It's also an indication of the knowledge and use of combinatorics in the antiquities, because this happens to connect the figurate T36 ( 666 ) to the figurate T17 ( 153 )
This trivial set of permutations also contains the value of the name " Israel ", ( 541 ) this is is discussed more in my thread on the name of Israel HERE
" headstone of the corner " is clearly a sobriquet for Jesus
The cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure
Over time a cornerstone became a ceremonial masonry stone, or replica, set in a prominent location on the outside of a building, with an inscription on the stone indicating the construction dates of the building and the names of architect, builder, and other significant individuals. The rite of laying a cornerstone is an important cultural component of eastern architecture and metaphorically in sacred architecture generally
The ceremony typically involved the placing of offerings of grain, wine and oil on or under the stone. These were symbolic of the produce and the people of the land and the means of their subsistence. This in turn derived from the practice in still more ancient times of making an animal or human sacrifice that was laid in the foundations
Historically, Freemasons sometimes performed the public cornerstone laying ceremony for notable buildings. This ceremony was described by The Cork Examiner of 13 January 1865 as follows:
" The Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Munster, applying the golden square and level to the stone said ; " My Lord Bishop, the stone has been proved and found to be 'fair work and square work' and fit to be laid as the foundation stone of this Holy Temple".' After this, Bishop Gregg spread cement over the stone with a trowel specially made for the occasion by John Hawkesworth, a silversmith and a jeweller. He then gave the stone three knocks with a mallet and declared the stone to be 'duly and truly laid'. The Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Munster poured offerings of corn, oil and wine over the stone after Bishop Gregg had declared it to be 'duly and truly laid'. The Provincial Grand Chaplain of the Masonic Order in Munster then read out the following prayer: 'May the Great Architect of the universe enable us as successfully to carry out and finish this work. May He protect the workmen from danger and accident, and long preserve the structure from decay; and may He grant us all our needed supply, the corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment, and the oil of joy, Amen. So mote it be.' The choir and congregation then sang the Hundredth Psalm "
Over time a cornerstone became a ceremonial masonry stone, or replica, set in a prominent location on the outside of a building, with an inscription on the stone indicating the construction dates of the building and the names of architect, builder, and other significant individuals. The rite of laying a cornerstone is an important cultural component of eastern architecture and metaphorically in sacred architecture generally
The ceremony typically involved the placing of offerings of grain, wine and oil on or under the stone. These were symbolic of the produce and the people of the land and the means of their subsistence. This in turn derived from the practice in still more ancient times of making an animal or human sacrifice that was laid in the foundations
Historically, Freemasons sometimes performed the public cornerstone laying ceremony for notable buildings. This ceremony was described by The Cork Examiner of 13 January 1865 as follows:
" The Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Munster, applying the golden square and level to the stone said ; " My Lord Bishop, the stone has been proved and found to be 'fair work and square work' and fit to be laid as the foundation stone of this Holy Temple".' After this, Bishop Gregg spread cement over the stone with a trowel specially made for the occasion by John Hawkesworth, a silversmith and a jeweller. He then gave the stone three knocks with a mallet and declared the stone to be 'duly and truly laid'. The Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Munster poured offerings of corn, oil and wine over the stone after Bishop Gregg had declared it to be 'duly and truly laid'. The Provincial Grand Chaplain of the Masonic Order in Munster then read out the following prayer: 'May the Great Architect of the universe enable us as successfully to carry out and finish this work. May He protect the workmen from danger and accident, and long preserve the structure from decay; and may He grant us all our needed supply, the corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment, and the oil of joy, Amen. So mote it be.' The choir and congregation then sang the Hundredth Psalm "
The laying of the corner or foundation-stone
(Job xxxviii. 4-6; Ps. xviii. 15, xxiv. 2) of the earth by the Creator is a conception borrowed from Babylonian Cosmogony, the earth being regarded as a huge mountain piled upon the abyss (Job xxvi. 7; "Journal Asiatique," ix. 101; Prayer of Manasses; compare Ps. xviii. 7; Micah vi. 2; Deut. xxxii. 22).
The laying of the corner-stone of a city or of a great structure was the occasion of a solemn rite in ancient times. To the pagan mind it appeared as an undertaking provoking the jealousy of the deity unless some bloody sacrifice was offered to pacify him (see Tylor, "Primitive Culture," pp. 104-108). Henceforth the foundation-stone, or the threshold beneath which the sacrificial blood was shed, remained the seat of the guardian spirit of the edifice, and hence the altar of the household (see H. Clay Trumbull, "The Threshold Covenant," New York, 1896).
The finding by Nabunahid, the last Babylonian king (556-538 B.C.), of the foundation-stone of the temple of Istar, built by Sargon I. 3800 B.C., is related as a triumph in his inscription (Schrader, "K. B." 1890, iii. 85), and the laying of the foundation-stone for his restoration of the temple of Nebo, with all the solemnities connected therewith, is described in another inscription (Schrader, l.c. iii. 5)
The story of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho, laying "the foundation thereof in Abiram, his first-born," and setting up "the gates thereof in his youngest son" (I Kings xvi. 34; Josh. vi. 26), seems to be connected with the primitive custom of laying foundations with blood, as, indeed, skulls were found built in with the brickwork when the tower ("ziḳḳurat") of the temple of Bel at Nippur was excavated (see "Jour. Bibl. Lit." 1896, xvi. 11, and Cheyne and Black, "Encyc. Bibl." s.v. "Hiel"). The Midrash also knows of Hebrews who were immured in buildings in Egypt (Ex. R. v.; compare Trumbull, l.c. pp. 47 et seq., and Simrock, "Handbuch der Deutschen Mythologie," 1874, p. 57)
One of the many symbolical names given to the terraced tower of the temple of Bel-Marduk was "the foundation-stone of heaven and earth" (Jastrow, "Religion of Babylonia and Assyria," p. 639)
The same importance seems to have been attributed also to the foundation-stone of the Temple at Jerusalem. In I Kings v. 17, vii. 9, the costly wrought stones used for the foundation of Solomon's Temple are described, and in I Kings vi. 37 the time of the laying of the corner-stone is especially mentioned
1 Kings 10:14 says, " the weight of gold which Solomon received every year was 666 talents of gold, besides what came from tradesmen, from the traffic of the merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the regions "
In Ezra iii. 10-11 the solemnities at the laying of the corner-stone of the Second Temple by Zerubbabel are detailed (see also Hag. ii. 15, 18-23, and Zech. iii. 9, iv. 9-10, viii. 9). Indeed, the exilic seer must have been familiar with solemn corner-stone rites when picturing the rebuilding of Jerusalem. (Isa. liv. 11; compare li. 1), just as Isaiah was when predicting a new and "tried and precious corner-stone of sure foundation" for Zion (Isa. xxviii. 16 et seq.; compare xiv. 32, Hebr.)
The fragmentary beginning of Ps. lxxxvii. obviously refers to the foundation-stone of Zion as the most sacred spot of the earth, and the rabbinical "eben shetiyyah" (the foundation-stone of the world, Yoma 54b) is but the proof of a continuous popular tradition
But that here also the ancient rite of some blood-sacrifice was not altogether forgotten, seems to be indicated by the connection, preserved at least in the Book of Chronicles, between the laying of the corner-stone of the Temple and the sacrifice offered by David for the cessation of the plague, at the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite (II Chron. iii. 1-3; compare I Chron. xxi. 18-31 with II Sam. xxiv.)
The ceremonious laying of the corner-stone of public buildings, especially of religious and charitable institutions, has become a universal custom, and was adopted by the Jews during the last century. The ceremony consists of placing an appropriate record or memorial in the hollow part of the stone beneath, and then of laying in place the corner-stone, accompanied by certain solemn forms
--------------------
" headstone of the corner " is clearly a well known sobriquet for Jesus
Remember Jacob. He flees from his father’s house because Esau threatens to kill him: be appears to be the rejected member of Isaac’s family, by whom the house would never be built up ( Missing the head stone of the corner )
At the end of a day’s journey he lies down with " a stone " for his pillow, and as he sweetly slumbers he sees heaven open
The next occurrence of the stone happens in reference to Joseph, of whom the dying Jacob said, “From there the Shepherd is the stone of Israel.” He was separated from his brethren by their envy and grievously wounded by their malice. They said, “Behold, this dreamer comes”; and they sold him for a slave into the stranger’s land. From the dungeons of Egypt he climbed to the throne, and became the cornerstone of Israel’s house
Then came David, whom his older brothers despised, and even his father passed him over, until the prophet of God asked for him, so that he might be anointed with oil. Out of his hand went that stone of Israel which laid low the pride of Philistia. Goliath must bite the dust when the stone of Israel flies from the hand of Israel’s shepherd, who was destined to be her king. He was rejected and hated by Saul, so that he wandered around in the wilderness, hiding in caves and rocks until the hour came when he was called to the throne
Peter said in the face of the crucifiers of Christ, “Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him this man stands here before you healed. This is the stone which was set at naught by you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.”
In his first epistle Peter refers again to this psalm in the well remembered words, “Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, ‘Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and he who believes on him shall not be confounded. To you therefore who believe he is precious: but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner.’ ”
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Math 475 Text: Brualdi, Introductory Combinatorics 5th Ed. Prof: Paul Terwilliger PDF
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4665-corner-stone
