JESUS ANSWERED THEM, DESTROY THIS TEMPLE
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
- John 2:19
THEN I WAS GIVEN A MEASURING ROD LIKE A STAFF
"Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed."
- Revelation 11:1-19
THERE WILL NOT BE ONE STONE LEFT UPON ANOTHER
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.”
- Matthew 24:2
WHEN YOU SEE THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand)."
- Matthew 24:15
HE HAS APPOINTED ME TO BUILD HIM A HOUSE
“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem."
- Ezra 1:2-3
NOW WHEN THE BUILDERS HAD LAID THE FOUNDATION
"Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord according to the directions of King David of Israel. They sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid."
- Ezra 3:10-11
THERE WAS A WOMAN IN THE TEMPLE
"When Christ was on the earth there was a woman in the temple who was bowed almost to the ground with sin. Satan had bound her for eighteen years; but after all these years of bondage Christ delivered her. He spoke one word and she was free. She got up and walked home. How astonished those at home must have been to see her walking in."
- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher
HE WILL BUILD THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD
"Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the Lord."
- Zechariah 6:12
THE BODY BECOMES A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST
"If there be anything common to us by nature, it is the members of our corporeal frame; yet the apostle taught that these, guided by the spirit as its instruments, and obeying a holy will, become transfigured, so that, in his language, the body becomes a temple of the Holy Ghost, and the meanest faculties, the lowest appetites, the humblest organs are ennobled by the spirit mind which guides them."
- Frederick W. Robertson (1816-1853) English Preacher
IT IS SHE WHO WILL BUILD THE TEMPLE
"Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the Lord, and He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two offices.”’
- Zechariah 6:13
OVEERTURNED THE TABLE OF THE MONEY-CHANGERS
"When our Savior drove the sheep and oxen out of the temple, He did not drive them into His own pasture; nor sweep the coin into His own pockets, when He overturned the table of the money-changers."
- Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) English Churchman, Historian
THE JESUS CRIED OUT IN THE TEMPLE
"Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know."
- John 7:28
BRING THE WHOLE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”
Malachi 3:10
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