Sons of Abraham

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’

“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

- Matthew 21:42-44

There are two ways to encounter the Son of God, and both of those ways end in death.  It is better by far to be broken than to be crushed, because if you're broken, that means you can be put back together.  To be crushed is to be decimated beyond recognition.

Jesus is the cornerstone that was taken outside the city and rejected.  But the chisel was taken to that Rock and fashioned into a cornerstone.  This hearkens to Hebrews 5:8 - "Although he was a Son, he learned obedience by the things which he suffered."

But again we circle back round to fruit, and the Kingdom of God has been given to those who will produce the Kingdom's fruit.  These are the sons of Abraham that John spoke of in Matthew 3 - "I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham."

So then, Jesus who was rejected has been fashioned into the Stone who then fashions those who have been broken - both the good and the bad - into those who bear the wedding clothes of righteousness; this is the same righteousness that was reckoned to Abraham.  And so they become the living stones, the sons of Abraham - all through Jesus, the Son of God.