Jesus, the God Man
John 1:19-21
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body."
Actually there are a number of topics that come to mind in reading these three verses. One would be our tendency to focus on material things. Jesus had just cleansed the temple and that upset the Jews and in these verses their focus was on the physical temple building.
But why did or could Jesus say "in three days I will raise it up"? We, or at least I, have a tendency to think of the physical here also. Death of the physical body seems so final. But Jesus recognized that his person wasn't his body but his spirit. The body may die but the spirit lives on. Because he was/is God he didn't need someone else to bring his body back to life three days later, he could and would do it. His body was merely the temple in which he was residing.
What an encouragement this is to us. Our body is not who we are, but is where we now dwell. When death comes to this body, we vacate it and live on. Yes, our body will some day be resurrected if we should die before the return of the LORD, but we will not resurrect it, Jesus our creator/redeemer will. This mortal body will be changed into an immortal one that will be able to live in heaven for eternity. Glory!
Yes, Jesus was/is God who lived in a body subject to the same limitations and death to which we are subject. John 4:6 tells us that he was "wearied with his journey". We also read that he "hungered". We know that he "suffered and died". We also know that the testimony of his life and the testimony of God by voice from heaven and the testimony of those who lived during his life time and many other testimonies prove that he is "VERY GOD".
Be encouraged and "Keep Looking Up"!
Ron
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body."
Actually there are a number of topics that come to mind in reading these three verses. One would be our tendency to focus on material things. Jesus had just cleansed the temple and that upset the Jews and in these verses their focus was on the physical temple building.
But why did or could Jesus say "in three days I will raise it up"? We, or at least I, have a tendency to think of the physical here also. Death of the physical body seems so final. But Jesus recognized that his person wasn't his body but his spirit. The body may die but the spirit lives on. Because he was/is God he didn't need someone else to bring his body back to life three days later, he could and would do it. His body was merely the temple in which he was residing.
What an encouragement this is to us. Our body is not who we are, but is where we now dwell. When death comes to this body, we vacate it and live on. Yes, our body will some day be resurrected if we should die before the return of the LORD, but we will not resurrect it, Jesus our creator/redeemer will. This mortal body will be changed into an immortal one that will be able to live in heaven for eternity. Glory!
Yes, Jesus was/is God who lived in a body subject to the same limitations and death to which we are subject. John 4:6 tells us that he was "wearied with his journey". We also read that he "hungered". We know that he "suffered and died". We also know that the testimony of his life and the testimony of God by voice from heaven and the testimony of those who lived during his life time and many other testimonies prove that he is "VERY GOD".
Be encouraged and "Keep Looking Up"!
Ron
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