House of Cards
3/1/2020
On April 15, 2019, the world watched in horror as the cathedral at Netre Dame burned. Estimates for rebuilding the cathedral are now approaching 2 billion dollars. The secular French government has committed to its reconstruction, "no matter the cost." For many, Notre Dame and buildings like it stand as a representation of their religious traditions. For others, it is more about national pride and the cathedral's history, art, and architecture. The deconstruction of such buildings is a tragedy affecting people from all walks of life. By the time of Jesus, the Temple in Jerusalem had been destroyed and rebuilt. Its destruction was a painful scar in Jewish history. So it's no wonder that people were upset when Jesus seemed to suggest they should tear it down and that He would rebuild it in 3 days. Join us for part 5 of Losing My Religion where we will look at the difference between the church that Jesus built, and the religious structures built by man.
Quoting Scripture
The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons,
“Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.
17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
18 So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,[a] and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 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.