Reading:
John 2:13-25
"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
This must have sounded completely crazy to the people that were in the Temple that day. First you have Jesus driving out the people selling the animals and the overturning tables. Since the people needed these things, why was Jesus so mad? Isn't this what you are supposed to do?
They created issues for the people because they were making a profit off of God. God demanded the sacrifices to be offered to be a covering for the sins of the people. These people were trying to make a profit off of what God demanded. God's gifts are free. They are not meant to be paid for as if we could ever pay a price that was high enough for God's gifts. It is like the Mastercard commercial, PRICELESS. God's grace and gifts are priceless and come to us for free.
Jesus taught the disciples about what was going to happen to Him. He realized that He was going to have to suffer and die so that mankind could have eternal life. He knew that the animals in the temple that day as they were being sacrificed pointed to the day when He would take the sins of the world upon Himself and then die on the cross to take away the sin of the whole world. In Him was prophet, priest and King. He had to offer Himself on the cross and He had to die. But in dying He willingly laid down His life, in rising again He took it back victoriously. Because by His death and resurrection He defeated sin, death, and the devil once and for all.
This is your hope of everlasting the perfect Son of God came and died for you. He now calls you to receive the gift that He has for you. No strings attached, just leave your works, your ability at the door and cling to Him and His all perfect work.
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