Torn Down and Raised Up

20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, 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.
John 2:20-22
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Torn Down and Raised Up
The Jews scoffed at Jesus’ words, thinking only of stones and mortar. They missed the deeper promise: Christ Himself is the true Temple. In His flesh, God dwelt among us, and in that flesh He would be torn down, crucified for the sins of the world. Yet on the third day, He rose, the Temple rebuilt, never to perish again. Jesus here foretold both His cross and resurrection. What comfort this brings! The Law shows us how sin has wrecked our lives, how our own “temples” crumble under guilt and death. But the Gospel declares that Christ was destroyed in our place, bearing all judgment, and then raised for our justification. Now, through Baptism into His death and resurrection, we are joined to Him, living stones in His holy Church. We no longer look to earthly buildings for peace with God but to the crucified and risen Christ, our eternal Temple.
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