Sixteen years ago, I took a photo of something unexpected and unusual: a pillar made out of random rocks, perfectly balanced one on top of another. Here's the image (along with a Scripture) and the story:
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Way back in 2010, in the town of Newmarket, ON, someone painstakingly took the time to very carefully balance a mysterious stack of stones in a quiet stream. There was no event I know of, no special occasion. It was simply a random stone pillar in the middle of a calm and peaceful park, placed very intentionally by an unknown person.
By the time I walked by the stream, it was there, standing by itself, the product of someone's patience and precision. There was no sign of the person who made it.
With photographic instinct, I snapped this shot you see in the poster. At the time, I did not know what I might do with the image.
Now, 16 years later in 2026, my photo serves as a visual aid for my Tuesday night church lessons on Jacob's anointed stone pillar which represents Christ Jesus. 
I speak regularly on Tuesday nights at our church, giving the congregants interactive Scripture studies. I rotate my Bible topics every week. On the nights when I share about Genesis, I will be using this graphic for the next little while.
I speak regularly on Tuesday nights at our church, giving the congregants interactive Scripture studies. I rotate my Bible topics every week. On the nights when I share about Genesis, I will be using this graphic for the next little while.Jacob practices the first instance of anointing in the Bible here:
Genesis 28:18New King James Version18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
That anointed stone pillar is prophetic of Jesus Christ the Head of the Body and the Chief Cornerstone. He is the Pillar of Truth. He is "Christos" or "the Anointed One."
God later reminds Jacob about his anointed pillar.
Genesis 31:13New King James Version13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’ ”
Genesis 31:13 is the first time in Scripture we see the word "anointed". And God is referencing Jacob's actions in Genesis 28:18. And all of it ultimately points to Jesus Christ the Anointed One, the Messiah!
-God Bless
Assistant Pastor Curtis Alexander
Newmarket, ON. Canada
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