Corner Stones

And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. 2 Chronicles 3:17

Peter (I Peter 2:6) quotes Isaiah 28:16.  Jesus is the Messianic cornerstone.  Why a cornerstone?  Rejected and then chosen to be the most valuable stone in a structure.  The cornerstone is important in a building...it must be flat and level, straight and square.  The completion of the building has depended upon that stone.  Buildings that lean (with apparently the Leaning Tower of Pisa as an exemption form the rule) are not likely to endure.

 

In our travels, Molly likes to find cornerstones, especially in capitol buildings in each state.  She is on a pilgrimage to see all fifty capitols.  She has been to sixteen.  Me, not so many.  We have found that the Grand Lodges of Colorado, Wyoming, Missouri and Oklahoma (and others that I am sure we have not yet found) laid the cornerstones for the capitol buildings in their respective states.  We know this as the cornerstones are carved as such.  In addition, the "Old Capitol" building in Mississippi has a new cornerstone as major renovation was done this century.  However, a portion of what we believe to be the old cornerstone for that building is near the entrance about eye level.  The date on it, surprisingly (or maybe not) has a year that begins with five thousand.

 

We also found that the first high school (now a fancy hotel) in Cripple Creek, Colorado had its cornerstone laid by the Grand Lodge of Colorado. 

 

She has missed some as she visited the capitol before she started looking for these stones.  Or, the building was in some stage of restoration and the staging prevented getting close to the building.

I find this rather interesting that these stones were laid by a brotherhood--obviously invited by the state--that so many people today think of us as a "cult."  Some cult!