John 2:18-21
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, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Christians don’t talk about temples much because we don’t have them. For the Jews in Jesus’ time, the temple was where you went to meet with God. It was the crucial place where Heaven and earth came together. It seems weird then that Christians wouldn’t still have a temple. Yet this passage is exactly why.
Jesus claims to be where we gather with God. In another place in John, He calls Himself the way. If you want to know the Almighty who is the source of every good and perfect thing, you go to Jesus. It’s why we don’t have temples today. If you want to be with God, go to Jesus.
Prayer prompt: Lord, lead me to Jesus so I can know You.