Thursday 9 February 2012

temple.


John 2:12-25
12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days. Jesus Cleanses the Temple 13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten[a] Me up.”[b] 18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” 19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them;[c] and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said. The Discerner of Hearts 23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.

1 comment:

  1. I have read this verse many times, and never looked at it the way you described it. I love that He came into our temple, to our hearts and souls in order to clean out the junk. the loves and desires we have for things which do not last. and replace it with something truly special, His love. He came to do on the cross for us, being ever so humble, and ever so low, that we too, can empty our temples of all that is not of Him, in order for Him to completely fill us.
    thank you for the reflection, truly means a lot to me.

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