John || Destroy This Temple
John 2:18
So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”
So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”
Malachi 3:1-3
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.
John 2:19
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Functions of Temple
1. Place where God resides
2. Place where humanity encounters divinity
3.Place where sacrifices are made
4.Place where sins are forgiven
5.Place where a life will be given
6. Place of Teaching
7. Place of prayer and worship
1. Place where God resides
2. Place where humanity encounters divinity
3.Place where sacrifices are made
4.Place where sins are forgiven
5.Place where a life will be given
6. Place of Teaching
7. Place of prayer and worship
Destroy – Lysate – to cause to no longer be held together, released, untied
Through Crucifixion – the Spirit of Christ, was released from the body of Christ.
Through Resurrection – The Spirit of Christ, holds together the body of Christ (church).
Through Resurrection – The Spirit of Christ, holds together the body of Christ (church).
Ephesian 2:19-22 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
1 Peter 2:4-5
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are beingbuilt up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are beingbuilt up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
John 14:23
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
John 2:20-21
The Jews then 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 about the temple of his body.
The Jews then 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 about the temple of his body.
John 2:22
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
Destroy this temple.
“The significance and purpose of the individual Christian cannot be realized apart from community with other believers. Coming to Christ means coming into relationship with others, not only in one’s own generation but also by being united with believers of every generation, who likewise have been built into God’s grand building project. The structure will be completed only when the scaffolding of human history comes down and the kingdom of Christ is revealed in all its glory”. – Karen Jobes