Grace for your spirit January 20, 2011

Grace for your spirit
Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?" John 2:19-20

For the Jews, their temple was the dwelling place of God. They had cherished it since Solomon built the first one, and now in front of the one built by Herod. Jesus was here on earth to change all of that. Jesus knew that He was the dwelling place of God, and that His body was the temple. They would later try to destroy that temple on the cross, but Jesus prophecied that He would raise it up in just three days. They were thinking about stone and wood. Jesus was using this example to show them the true temple. Where is the dwelling place of God on earth today? His children are the temples of the Holy Spirit. God has now promised to raise us all up in the last day. Don't trust in stone and wood at one place. The promise of God is within us.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
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