The Greater Temple

St John 2:19

While in the precincts of Herod's Temple, amidst officials who esteemed its architecture, Jesus proclaimed, "Dismantle this temple, and in three days I shall restore it." His statements bewildered His audience, since they could not conceive of a temple surpassing the magnificence before them. Christ identified Himself as the authentic abode of God among humanity.

The temple consistently served as a shadow, a prescient edifice indicating future events. Within its confines, sacrifices were made daily, blood was perpetually spilled, and the curtain maintained a separation between humanity and the divine presence of God. In Christ, all shadows encountered their essence. His body transformed became the sanctuary, His blood the supreme offering, His resurrection the revelation of everlasting admittance.

This declaration pertains not only to His death and resurrection but also to the imperishable life He has. The terrestrial temple could be dismantled stone by stone, as it ultimately did in 70 A.D., yet the resurrected Messiah remains the eternal sanctuary. In Him, we are no longer required to visit a certain geographic spot to encounter God—He is Emmanuel, God with us.

Contemporary believers perceive the temple imagery as realized not solely in Christ but also in His Body, the Church. Paul admonishes, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God resides within you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16. The same resurrection force that resurrected Jesus on the third day now resides within His followers, transforming us into living stones in His everlasting abode.

Consequently, every endeavor by the adversary to obliterate what God is constructing merely serves as a platform for His resurrection glory. As death was unable to confine Him, destruction cannot impede His objective. In Him, each believer embodies a living testament to God's indwelling presence.

• Jesus represents the ultimate Temple, realizing the archetype of the Old Covenant.

• His resurrection demonstrates the imperishability of God's presence among humanity.

• Believers, as the Body of Christ, are now living sanctuaries of the Holy Spirit.

• The adversary's efforts to obliterate God's creation merely amplify His resurrection power.

The Messiah is the everlasting Temple, exalted in glory on the third day, and through Him, we become the abode of God. Let us exist with reverence, assurance, and joy, recognizing that His indomitable life is within us eternally.

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