John 2:19

We are used to the meek, gentle and suffering Jesus depicted in religious articles and art – stampitas, pictures, statues and painting. This corresponds with our view of Jesus as meek, mild a……

The Tales of the Nevi’im are the Stories of the Prophets. In Hebrew navi (nah-vee’) means prophet and the plural, prophets, is nevi’im (neh-vee-eem’). Israel had many prophets, some of whom we know from the Old Testament, others are lost to us in history. Many of Israel’s prophets spoke to the people but didn’t write anything down, likely because their message was meant for a specific people and time. Others proclaimed a message meant to instruct us as well. God spoke his word through these ……

Unjust accusation Matthew 26 57-67 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. 58 But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the […]…

“Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up….He spoke of the temple of His body.” (John 2:19, 21) “You are the temple of God,……

This question looks back at the section called New Testament 2.0 on pages 62-64 when we read about Jesus saying, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (John 2:19). Peter watched as Jesus dismantled everything the Jews held most dear, even the “wonderful stones” and “wonderful buildings” his disciples admired in their magnificent temple (Mark 13:1). Jesus knew something much better was coming when all believers would become the temple of his Holy Spirit, but that could only happen after Jesus’s own body was destroyed—and resurrected!…

The Angry Jesus by Filipino artist Lina Pontebon Can anger be holy? Can rage be spiritual? In today’s gospel Jesus erupts in rage when he sees people vending oxen, sheep, and doves and money-……

In Revelation 21:22 John says about New Jerusalem, “I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” The temple is not a physical building! It is a liv……

The empty tomb is the ultimate proof that Christ’s resurrection body was the same body that died on the cross.…

Revelation 21:12-13 describes the gates of New Jerusalem. It has “twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Is……

First Timothy 3:15 tells us “the house of God is the church of the living God.” This house will be enlarged to be the city of God, New Jerusalem. At Timothy’s time, the word church did not denote a……