In Romans 8, Paul describes the overcoming of the affliction, persecution and hardships the Israelites were experiencing in Rome as not so much dependent on the situation they were subjected to but on the “Who” that is greater. In a time where the church is being built upon the apostles and prophets, it is the revelation of Christ as the Chief Cornerstone that is going to usher in breakthroughs and raise up the Ekklesia to becoming more than conquerors.