Beautiful, Doomed, Reworked?

Context:

• The temple was being admired.
• “...wonderful stones ... wonderful buildings...” Mark
• “...adorned with noble stones...” Luke

Matthew 24:2 “...But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down...”

Mark 13:2 “...And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down...”

Luke 21:6 “...As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down...”

What do people admire?

• Things that they see with their eyes?
• Things that they know?
• Things that have value in the current culture?

What can be missing in the “what we see and what we know” evaluation of life?

• The forthcoming intentions of God.
• The conflict between the kingdoms of this earth and the Kingdom of Heaven.
• Our posture before Almighty God

Jeremiah 7:4 “...Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD’ ...”

Jeremiah 7:9-10 “...Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to 

Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’ - only to go on doing all these abominations?...”

Jeremiah 7:14-15 “...therefore I will do to the house that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of Ephraim...”

Why was the original temple destroyed?

• The abominations of the people of God.
• Failure to obey the intentions of God.

Why was the temple of Jesus’ day going to be destroyed?

• Abominations and failure to obey?
• God had a perfect plan?

Is there a temple now?

• 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “...Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body...”

• The ark of the covenant, the original temple and the rebuilt temple were to be dwelling places for God.
• Our bodies are to be dwelling places for God.

Are there any abominations or failures to obey that cause “...a temple of the Holy Spirit...” to be destroyed?

 

1 Corinthians 15:50-54 “...I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory...”

What we see now, we see dimly.

God has a perfect plan.

Can we see beyond the current wonders?