To what can we compare the statement made by the disciple? Do religious buildings of today inspire a similar awe? Do we go to these places for their eye appealing nature or to worship? Do not be quick to answer. If two buildings being near one to another... one was fancy and visually appealing, while one was plain... which would you enter?

We must be aware of why we do things and for what reason. Because we do see with our eyes and hear with our ears, sometimes our reasoning is blinded or has become deaf. Even the disciple was amazed at the size and complexity of the temple, but Jesus deflated the disciples balloon by telling him that it will be destroyed and leveled. How would you respond if you had marveled and were amazed at something and they responded that it would not last or that it would soon be destroyed? In the instance of the temple, people started coming for the wrong reasons. They were coming out of eye appeasement. It looked big and beautiful, therefore it must be “the place to worship”. God has new plans for sacrifice and worship... and it begins with Jesus follows by the destruction of the temple. Christ Jesus has become our head building block, and our chief cornerstone on whom we build all things. This is why our bodies are temples to the Father YHWH, but with what do we adorn or what do we place in our temple bodies? They should be cleansed out just as Jesus chased out those who defiled his Father’s house. We must use our bodies as a place for worship and not as a den of thieves. We sacrifice ourselves... our way of living... to our Father. We keep our bodies holy for Him and our praises from our lips are sweet sacrifices onto Him. We praise our God in our speech and in our thoughts. That is why... what come out of the mouth, defiles a man. It not only defiles us, but we distance ourselves from our Father God. May we worship Him in spirit and in truth. In the name of his son Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen and Shalom :)