{"id":6502,"date":"2015-04-08T00:05:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T07:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2015-04-07T11:05:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:05:27","slug":"destroying-the-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2015\/04\/08\/destroying-the-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Destroying the Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers\u2019 coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, \u201cGet these things out of here. Stop turning my Father\u2019s house into a marketplace!\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThen his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: \u201cPassion for God\u2019s house will consume me.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the Jewish leaders demanded, \u201cWhat are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAll right,\u201d Jesus replied. \u201cDestroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhat!\u201d they exclaimed. \u201cIt has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?\u201d But when Jesus said \u201cthis temple,\u201d he meant his own body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.<\/p>\n

\tBecause of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. But Jesus didn\u2019t trust them, because he knew human nature. No one needed to tell him what mankind is really like. (John 2:13\u201323)<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tAll the gospel writers describe how Jesus threw the money changers out of the temple. Only John puts the incident at the beginning of his Gospel, rather than just before Jesus\u2019 crucifixion. John chose to arrange the story of Jesus\u2019 life in a thematic rather than a chronological order, a common choice among ancient Jewish authors.<\/p>\n

\tJesus told his critics that the only sign they would get would be his death, burial and resurrection. Whether his critics purposely misunderstood his words about the \u201ctemple\u201d of his body or simply chose to misinterpret them is difficult to say. But after his crucifixion, the religious leaders were concerned about getting guards for his tomb to prevent mischief. Oddly enough, his disciples didn\u2019t understand that\u2019s what Jesus meant until after his resurrection.<\/p>\n

\tJesus\u2019 words serve as a warning about how easy it can be to misunderstand Jesus. Such misunderstanding can come from being distracted by other issues in our lives that we miss the blessing that he has for us. Jesus may have already given us the answer to what is so troubling us now, if only we chose to hear him.<\/p>\n

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