Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
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… what's he say? He was talking about the temple of his body, that he is the true, he's the fulfillment of the temple. And here's a little kind of a side note, which I think is just absolutely fascinating. Remember, Ezekiel saw this vision of the temple from the right side of the temple flowed this water that gave life to everything, abundance, saved the world. You know, in virtually every depiction of Jesus on the cross, when he's pierced by that soldier's lance he's pierced on the right side and so we know this we know that from jesus that when the soldier pierced him what flowed out flowed out blood and water which is the sign of what is a sign of the eucharist and a sign of baptism and the recognition of like this is just incredibly incredible incredible jesus is meant to be the new temple and jesus is right that place where god's presence would abide and a place that God would save the world. …
… Jesus says, destroy this temple, and in three days, I will raise it up. There's the whole prophetic tradition of the Old Testament. Destroy this temple. I mean, this temple's under judgment. But in three days, I will raise it up. I will build a new temple. As Ezekiel envisioned, Jesus announces, I will build a new temple. Well, three days, what are you talking about? They said it's taking 47 years to build this. This was Herod's renovation of the temple. Three days. Well, John reminds us. He was speaking of the temple of his body. Okay, now, now, just a few. In John's account, Jesus does this very early in his ministry, but when he comes to the cross on Golgotha and Calvary, on top of Mount Zion, in view of the temple, Jesus makes this great sacrificial offering. Uh-huh, the cross is expressing fully what the temple was meant to be. And then the dead Christ is approached by a Roman soldier with a spear, and he pierces his side, and out comes blood and water. …
… talking about the building. And in three days, I will raise it up. The Jews said, it was taken 46 years to build this temple. You raised it up in three days? He was speaking about the temple of his body. Jesus says, I am the place where you encounter the glory of God. Not just this building. You're going to kill me, and I'm going to be raised up in three days. That leads to John chapter 4. Remember the river flowing from Eden? Well, Jesus is. Oh, sorry. I skipped John 3, verse 3. Tells Nicodemus, anyone who is born again can see the kingdom of God. In other words, you were made in the image of God. You need to be remade from the inside out to experience the life that you're designed to live. which then leads to John chapter four, the river flowing from Eden. Jesus is a spring of water who wells up to eternal life. John chapter seven, whoever is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. …
… We're presently in the second chapter, and this morning we're going to begin at verse 12 and read through verse 25. John chapter 2, verses 12 through 25. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they did not stay there many days. For now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves and the money changers doing business. When he had made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and the oxen, poured out the changers' money, and overturned the tables. And he said to those who sold doves, Take these things away. Do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise. And then His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has eaten me up. So the Jews answered and said to Him, What sign do you show to us since you do these things? …