Israel, the Nations and the Messiah

Israel, the Nations and the Messiah
ROMANS 9.30-10.4

One of the things I have to do in my job is to encourage people who are building new churches or other premises for worship, outreach, child care and so on. Often this involves being there when the first bit of the building is done, to pray over the foundation stone and ask God to bless both the building itself and all the work that will go on within it.

Usually what’s called the ‘foundation stone’ isn’t actually part of the foundation itself. If it was, nobody would be able to see it, because it would be some way underground. So another stone, a little way above ground, is designated as the ‘foundation stone’, often with an inscription to say that the building was dedicated on such-and-such a date, and so on...