In a Single Day "See, the stone I hae set in front of Joshua!
There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an
inscription on it," says the LORD Almighty, "and I will remove
the sin of this land in a single day." The stone was going to be
engraved, and God promised he would take away all sin in one
day. We know very well, of course, that sin isn't taken away by
anything except Christ's suffering. His suffering would result
in the forgiveness of sins, as Isiah 53 states. Peter and Paul
also teach the same in many places. So the engraving of the
stone symbolizes the suffering of Christ, not his conception or
birth. God's promise to remove the sin of the land shows that
the sacrifices of the old priesthood were incapable of providing
forgiveness of sins. Only Christ's suffering can take away sin,
nothing else. All good works are worthless and are even sinful
before God. Only the engraved foundation stone can achieve
forgiveness of sins for us, nothing else. God shows us just how
strong and powerful