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Context: Peter develops the rejected-stone-becomes-cornerstone theology extensively, quoting Isaiah 28:16 and Psalm 118:22. He presents Christ as "the living stone—rejected (ἀποδοκιμασθέντα) by humans but chosen (ἐκλεκτὸν) by God and precious (ἔντιμον) to him" (2:4). Believers approach Him as "living stones" being built into a spiritual house. Then: "To you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'" (2:7).
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Christological Connection: This passage is the NT theological center for the rejection-exaltation pattern. Every OT figure who experienced rejection then exaltation—Jephthah cast out then made head, Joseph sold then made ruler, David hunted then crowned, Moses rejected then sent as deliverer—was a shadow pointing to Jesus. He was "rejected by men" (denied, mocked, crucified) but "chosen by God and precious to him" (raised, ascended, enthroned). The cornerstone that builders rejected now bears the weight of God's entire building. All who come to Him become "living stones" in that temple. Jephthah's trajectory from expelled outcast to head of Gilead is one illustration of the pattern perfectly fulfilled in Christ—rejected by His own, exalted by God, now the cornerstone to which all must come.
Connection Method(s): Typology (Direct, Forward-Looking), Redemptive-Historical Progression — Peter's cornerstone theology weaving Isaiah 28:16 and Psalm 118:22 provides the NT theological center for the rejection-exaltation pattern that Jephthah and all OT rejected deliverers prefigure.
Trajectory Table: 082 - Jephthah (Rejected Then Exalted)