God calls us: Prepare yourselves! The end of all things has come near. Therefore be sober and discerning in prayer." (1 Peter 4:7) Time continues to drag on, and people, including Christians, are still asleep. We see the signs described in Matthew 24, but we want to close our minds. Jesus warned: "Therefore watch, for you do not know the day or the hour in which the Son of Man is coming." (Matthew 25:13) Fill your lamps with enough oil. Fill yourselves with the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ is not only the cornerstone, but also the solid foundation of our Christian faith and his church. "No one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:11) Jesus' path of redemption—his shedding of blood, his death on the cross, and his resurrection from the dead—can be seen as the groundbreaking of the new church. Jesus is the cornerstone or foundation stone. He is also the foundation and rock of our faith.

The question "Who built everything?" is a very comprehensive one. Essentially, everything humans have created was built by humans. The book of Hebrews states that "every house is built by someone," but also that "he who built everything is God" (Hebrews 3:4). Is that true? God is the Creator of heaven and earth, and also of humankind. God gave Noah the plan for the ark, Moses the plan for the tabernacle, and Jesus the plan for the church. God however is the builder of all thi