THE COVENANT STONE
Tracing God's Unchanging Faithfulness Through The Stones of ScriptureBy Kai Lablanche-Tirvassen
Length5h 49m
About this audiobook
The Stone of Scripture was written to help readers discover the remarkable unity of the Bible through one often-overlooked theme: stones.
Whether you are new to studying the Bible or have read it for many years, my prayer is that this book will deepen your understanding of God's Word, strengthen your faith, and encourage you to see Christ more clearly throughout all of Scripture.
This is not simply a study of biblical symbols; it is an invitation to journey through the Bible and witness God's unfolding plan of redemption. As you follow the story of each stone, I hope you will gain a greater appreciation for the faithfulness of God, the beauty of His promises, and the unshakable foundation found in Jesus Christ, the Living Stone and the eternal Cornerstone.
Thank you for joining me on this journey. May it inspire you to open your Bible with fresh wonder and draw you into a deeper relationship.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length5 hrs 49 mins
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Publish dateJul 12, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE COVENANT STONE
219More Than Architecture
2Copyright Page
220The Ark of the Covenant.
3Dedication
221The Glory Fills the House
4Foreword
222Solomon's Prayer
5Read each passage in its context.
223A House for All Nations
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6Preface
224The Temple's Tragic History
7Acknowledgments
225Eventually Babylon destroyed Jerusalem.
8Buildings eventually crumble.
226Centuries later Jesus entered Herod's magnificent Temple.
9Introduction The God Who Leaves Witnesses
227Notice the language.
10Patterns emerge.
228Teaches humility.
11More Than Ancient History
229Reflection
12Others long for practical guidance.
230The Builder continues.
13The Center of the Story
231Chapter 10 The Precious Stones of the High Priest
14Our Own Stones
232A Garment for Glory and Beauty
15But to Jesus Christ.
233Every stone.
16Chapter 1
234The breast piece.
17Stones That Remember
235Twelve Different Stones
18And stones.
236Six upon the other.
19Each points beyond itself.
237The Urim and the Thummim
20Five loaves and two fish feed thousands.
238Human beings forget.
21The stones belong within that same pattern.
239The language intentionally echoes permanent engraving.
22The Gospels reveal Christ.
240Music.
23Move quickly from one responsibility to another.
241In God's design, both belong together.
24Some truths reveal themselves only to patient readers.
242The New Testament repeatedly identifies Jesus Christ as the great High Priest.
25Bread and wine become signs of Christ's new covenant.
243Carried Forever
26The God Who Leaves Witnesses
244Not for a single moment.
27Again, remembrance serves relationship.
245Benjamin.
28Lead like Moses.
246Thomas doubted Him.
29Chapter 2
247Draw Near with Confidence
30A Stone Beneath a Fugitive's Head
248A throne of grace.
31Genesis 28 records one such night.
249Honour.
32Peter denies Christ.
250One Spirit.
33The events unfold across several chapters in Genesis.
251Remembered by Name
34The Long Road North
252"Mary."
35An Ordinary Stone
253Reflection
36When God Speaks First
254But because of His covenant love.
37Instead, everything rests upon God's covenant faithfulness.
255Meeting perfectly in Jesus Christ.
38Not through explanation.
256Chapter 11 The Stone Cut Without Human Hands
39The Angels Ascending and Descending
257Daniel 2
40The Lord Above It
258An Exile in Babylon
41He needs God Himself.
259The Babylonian Empire appeared invincible.
42The repetition matters.
260The Troubling Dream
43"I Am With You"
261The Great Statue
44The Promise That Cannot Fail
262No earthly kingdom endures forever.
45Bethel belongs within that pattern.
263Then Came the Stone
46His confession reveals both wonder and humility.
264Clay.
47But in the wilderness.
265Human leadership.
48Holy Ground
266Its foundation never shifts.
49Biblical reverence differs greatly from casual familiarity.
267Both ultimately point to Christ.
50El means "God."
268The Mount of Olives.
51The Stone Becomes a Pillar
269Living Between Kingdoms
52Context therefore matters greatly.
270Moses could not part the sea.
53How characteristic of Scripture.
271Some appear secure.
54Jacob's Response
272Chapter 12 The Stone with Seven Eyes
55Chapter 3
273David's smooth stones beside the brook.
56Stones of Covenant and Reconciliation
274The Temple lay in ruins.
57When the Deceiver Meets His Match
275Joshua the High Priest
58Genesis records one of the most beautiful observations in the patriarchal narratives:
276The Accuser Silenced
59The God Who Sees
277"The LORD rebuke you, O Satan!"
60The Journey Home
278Then the Stone Appears
61Jacob gathers his family and flocks.
279Several details immediately capture attention.
62God Speaks to Laban
280Seven Eyes
63Words Long Delayed
281Every tear.
64Pain narrows vision.
282The Divine Engraving
65"Gather stones."
283One Day
66Human memory fades surprisingly quickly.
284At Calvary, Jesus Christ offered Himself once for all.
67Yet the memorial meant more than a property line.
285Every year another Day of Atonement.
68"The LORD Watch Between You and Me"
286The Lamb of God Himself.
69Judicial.
287Every secret sin.
70A Covenant Meal
288Every Stone Points Forward
71Throughout Scripture, meals repeatedly accompany moments of covenant significance.
289None of these stones exists in isolation.
72Food nourishes the body.
290Peace Beneath the Vine
73Morning Comes
291Christ reconciles humanity to God.
74No elaborate ceremony.
292Hope for Discouraged Builders
75Looking Back at the Heap
293Reflection
76Reflection
294Chapter 13 The Rejected Cornerstone
77The heap of stones remains behind as a silent witness.
295The Stone the Builders Refused
78Chapter 4 The Stone Tablets
296The cornerstone.
79Exodus 24; Exodus 31–34; Deuteronomy 9–10
297Every measurement.
80God's words.
298Dependable.
81A Mountain of Covenant
299The Psalm of Thanksgiving
82That order matters.
300Notice the reversal.
83Why Stone?
301Isaiah's Foundation Stone
84Exodus 31:18 declares:
302Builders Who Missed the Foundation
85Thunder echoed across the wilderness.
303Why?
86The Tablets of the Testimony
304Jesus Interprets the Stone
87Love God.
305The Builders Still Reject
88"Make Us Gods"
306The other upon sand.
89The human heart longs for something visible.
307Peter Before the Sanhedrin
90Aaron's Failure
308Powerful men.
91The Broken Covenant
309Built Together
92The dancing.
310Notice the architecture.
93Was this merely uncontrolled anger?
311Christ is the Living Stone.
94The Cost of Idolatry
312Teaches humility.
95Why?
313A Stone of Stumbling
96Moses the Intercessor
314The Cornerstone and the Cross
97Yet Moses' intercession points beyond itself.
315The resurrection.
98"Show Me Your Glory"
316Chapter 14 The Stone Rolled Away
99Notice the order.
317When Death Lost Its Hold
100The wording matters.
318The Darkest Friday
101The Ark and the Tablets
319A Borrowed Tomb
102Covenant.
320The detail matters.
103The Law Was Never the Enemy
321The Guard at the Tomb
104The Law functions in much the same way.
322The body would not simply disappear unnoticed.
105Written on Stone—Written on Hearts
323Before Sunrise
106Resistant.
324Why Was the Stone Rolled Away?
107Christ and the Law
325"As He said."
108Where Israel failed, Christ succeeded.
326Mary Magdalene
109Technology.
327The First Witnesses
110Reflection
328Hope.
111The first teaches us His holiness.
329Commissioned His church.
112Chapter 5 The Altar of Uncut Stones
330Why the Empty Tomb Matters
113Simple ones.
331From Fear to Courage
114The First Altars
332Religious enthusiasm alone could not.
115A place of thanksgiving.
333The Stone and the New Creation
116Why Uncut Stones?
334Every Stone Fulfilled
117Salvation belongs to the Lord.
335The Cornerstone revealed His identity.
118Sacred pillars bore intricate designs.
336Christian hope differs fundamentally from ordinary optimism.
119The New Jerusalem breathtaking.
337Jesus Himself wept at Lazarus's tomb.
120Worship on God's Terms
338The sequence matters.
121Local customs.
339Reflection
122"In Every Place..."
340The Cornerstone lives.
123Remembering Abraham
341Chapter 15 The Foundation Stones of the New Jerusalem
124Climbing Without Steps
342Its foundations.
125Mount Ebal.
343"I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth"
126Joshua Builds the Altar
344The direction matters.
127Peace offerings.
345The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost.
128Joyful fellowship.
346The Dwelling Place of God
129Some suggest the Ten Commandments.
347Amethyst.
130Faith grows through hearing.
348Its brilliance surpasses every comparison.
131Why not Mount Gerizim?
349No Temple in the City
132Quite the opposite.
350In the New Jerusalem, His presence fills everything.
133Worship Before Victory
351The Lamb Is the Light
134Productivity.
352Throughout Scripture, light symbolises truth, holiness, life, and God's presence.
135Upon rough wood rather than rough stones.
353The River and the Tree
136God delights in obedience more than display.
354God's city will not.
137Chapter 6 The Twelve Stones from the Jordan
355Chapter 16 Christ: The Stone of Scripture
138Joshua 3–4
356Toward the radiant foundations of the New Jerusalem.
139The Promised Land lay before them.
357The First Stone
140Ordinary stones.
358The Stones of the Covenant
141This detail matters deeply.
359The Altar Stones
142The Waters Stand Still
360Stones of Remembrance
143Why twelve?
361Stones of Worship
144"What Do These Stones Mean?"
362He calls Jesus
145Witnesses.
363The Master Builder
146Gratitude fades.
364Building Upon the Right Foundation
147Remembering Is an Act of Faith
365Only Christ remains.
148Stones That Speak
366The Story Continues
149The First Camp
367All proclaim Christ.
150A Second Memorial
3681 Samuel
151Gilgal and Covenant Renewal
3691 Samuel 4–7 — Ebenezer and Samuel's memorial stone (Chapter 7)
152"Today I Have Rolled Away..."
3702 Samuel
153The First Passover in the Land
3711 Kings
154Remembering in the Christian Life
3721 Kings 5–8 — Solomon's Temple (Chapter 9)
155Songs of worship.
3731 Kings 8 — Dedication of the Temple (Chapter 9)
156The Faithfulness of God Across Generations
3742 Chronicles
157Others of grief.
3752 Chronicles 2–7 — Temple construction and dedication (Chapter 9)
158The same invitation stands before every believer.
3761 Corinthians
159Chapter 7 Ebenezer
3771 Corinthians 3:10–15 — Building upon the true foundation (Chapter 13)
1601 Samuel 4–7
3781 Corinthians 15 — The resurrection and the first fruits (Chapter 14)
161When Religion Replaces Relationship
3791 Peter
162The Capture of the Ark
380Key Themes by Scripture
163News reached Shiloh.
381Approximate Date c. BC
164The priesthood lay in ruins.
382Chapter 1
165The Lord Defends His Own Honour
383Chapter 2
166Panic spread.
384Chapter 3
167Twenty Years of Waiting
385Chapter 5
168Twenty years.
386Chapter 6
169Notice Samuel's emphasis.
387Chapter 5
170Repentance at Mizpah
3881 Samuel 7:12
171But with humble confession before a holy God.
389Chapter 7
172Confusion spread through the enemy ranks.
3901 Samuel 17
173Recent restoration.
391Chapter 8
174Reflection
3921 Kings 5–6
175"Till Now..."
393Chapter 9
176Sometimes through quiet providence.
3941 Kings 8
177A Memorial of Grace
395Chapter 9
178Obedience matters deeply.
396Chapter 10
179Ebenezer in Israel's Story
397Chapter 11
180In Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing, he included the line:
398Chapter 12
181Churches recount stories of God's provision.
399Chapter 14
182A photograph from a mission trip.
400Chapter 15
183Looking Forward by Looking Back
401The Prophets
184"Now."
402Christ
185Chapter 8 Five Smooth Stones
403The foundation stones of Revelation point toward eternity.
1861 Samuel 17
404A few remain uncertain.
187A Valley Between Two Armies
405Old Testament (Hebrew)
188Scripture introduces Goliath with remarkable detail.
406Joshua's memorial stones
189Forty years in the wilderness.
407Moses declares:
190Bring back news.
408New Testament (Greek)
191A Different Question
409Pronunciation: LEE-thos
192David measured Goliath against God.
410Rock
193A bear.
411Stone
194Another testimony.
412"the stone at the extreme corner."
195Kings equip warriors.
413In Revelation 2:17 Christ promises:
196Why five?
414Others redemption.
197David's Declaration
415Appendix D Discussion & Reflection Questions
198Released.
416Chapter 1 – Jacob's Stone at Bethel
199A Stone Prepared Long Before
417Chapter 2 – Covenant Stones
200Almost imperceptibly.
418Chapter 3 – The Stone Tablets
201Faith and Preparation
419Chapter 4 – The Stones of Witness
202Preparation and trust belong together.
420Chapter 5 – The Altar of Uncut Stones
203The Giant's Fall
421Chapter 6 – The Twelve Stones from the Jordan
204The devil.
422Chapter 7 – Ebenezer
205Certainly the narrative inspires courage.
423Chapter 8 – Five Smooth Stones
206God delights in faithful dependence.
424Chapter 9 – Stones Prepared in Silence
207Not toward David.
425Chapter 10 – The Precious Stones of the High Priest
208Chapter 9 Stones Prepared in Silence
426Chapter 11 – The Stone Cut Without Human Hands
2091 Kings 5–8; 2 Chronicles 2–7
427Chapter 12 – The Stone with Seven Eyes
210Not merely a building.
428Chapter 13 – The Rejected Cornerstone
211David's Dream
429Chapter 14 – The Stone Rolled Away
212Skilled craftsmen.
430Chapter 15 – The Foundation Stones of the New Jerusalem
213Stones from the Quarry
431Chapter 16 – Christ: The Stone of Scripture
214Imagine one of those stones.
432Questions for Group Discussion
215Consider Moses.
433A Final Invitation
216Hiram of Tyre
434Recommended Reading
217Wisdom That Builds
435Author's Note on Sources
218Patience.
436Soli Deo Gloria To God alone be the glory.
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