The Foundation

Brooklyn Museum - The Protestations of Saint Peter (Protestations de Saint Pierre) - James Tissot

Isaiah 28:16  Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

 

I Corinthians 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 

Matthew 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

 

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The Head of the Corner, The Cornerstone

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Isaiah 28:16 (KJV) Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

 

Acts 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

 

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

 

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Your Dead Shall Live

Brooklyn Museum - The Confession of the Centurion (La Confession du Centurion) - James Tissot

Isaiah 26:19 (KJV) Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

 

Matthew 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

 

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