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Destroy This TemplePosted May-08-08 05:57:48 PDT Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?"
Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."
The Jews replied, "It has taken 46 years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?"
But the temple he had spoken of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
John 2:18-22
The Jews understood Jesus to mean the temple out of which he had just driven the merchants and moneychangers. This was the temple Zerubbabel had built over 500 years earlier, but Herod the Great had begun remodeling it, making it much larger and far more beautiful. It had been 46 years since this remodeling had started (20 B.C.) and it still wasn't completely finished. They understood Jesus' words to mean that this imposing building could be torn down and rebuilt in three days, and they were startled at this claim. But Jesus was not talking about the temple made of stones, he was talking about his own body. His listeners did not realize it, but Jesus was greater than the temple. His words would take on meaning for his disciples after his resurrection. That Christ so perfectly fulfilled his prediction became the strongest proof for his claims to be God. As believers, many of us today are looking for that same proof that Jesus is who He says He is. We need look no further than the Word of God. Pray for guidance, and He will reveal himself for who He truly is.
God bless you,
JH
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