RUSSELL SANDERS
11-12-2025
A HEAP OF STONES

Genesis 31 tells of a heap of stones which established a covenant between Jacob and Laban. It was set up upon Jacob’s departure with Rachel, Leah, a large flock, and servants. It was not an amicable departure. The heap of stones represented a landmark of a new covenant. It would serve as a boundary which neither could cross over. It established territory.

When Abram sojourned his first ten years in Canaan, he would make an altar to the LORD using stones. It was his way of making his own covenant to Jehovah as his God. It was marking his territory.

When Joshua led Israel across Jordan to take the territory of Canaan, he established a heap of stones to testify of God’s covenant of giving this land to Israel. The twelve stones represented the twelve tribes. It was a covenant forever.

God has also established a covenant of stones for the church through Jesus Christ, who is the chief cornerstone. These are the twelve stones built upon the twelve apostles of the Lamb. We see it in the New Jerusalem. In Revelation 21:14 each of the twelve foundations (stones) were named for each of the twelve apostles. It is a covenant of eternal life established by God for us.

Some covenants are eternal, and others are conditional. An eternal covenant is ended only upon the death of one of the covenantors. God’s New Covenant sealed by Jesus’ blood and built upon the apostles’ is an everlasting covenant.

As a born-again believer, you are in a covenant relationship with God in Christ Jesus. It is an everlasting (age enduring) covenant. God will keep you and preserve you for all time and eternity. Your heap of stones is established in heaven, in the New Jerusalem.