Wednesday 10 August 2011

jerusalem temple jesus

...George Wiegel highlights how Easter gives significance to our lives and the birth of Jesus by drawing on Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, an Italian biblical scholar's, reflection on the story of Jesus purifying the temple of Jerusalem. "In cleansing the Temple, Jesus is declaring that God is now present to his people in a new and perfect way and in a new “meeting tent”: the incarnate Son, “the Word … made flesh” who dwells among us, “full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

temple mount from the east
temple mount from the east

The Jerusalem Temple
The Jerusalem Temple

PLAN, TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM
PLAN, TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM

Jesus teaching in the Temple
Jesus teaching in the Temple

Jerusalem Temple. Jesus had
Jerusalem Temple. Jesus had

Herod`s Temple in Jerusalem in
Herod`s Temple in Jerusalem in

Jesus entrance into Jerusalem demonstrated to the people that he, like Solomon, was the “Son of David” and thus rightful heir to the throne. In the temple cleansing, which closely follows, he demonstrates how he has taken up...
3 Overlooked Reasons Jesus “Cleansed” the Temple | Logos Made ...

Tradition and culture took some Jewish Christians there until AD70; but again, according to Jesus; it wasn't necessary at all...the temple made with hands, and even Jerusalem itself, were rendered moot and superceeded by Himself as the...
jerusalem temple jesus

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