His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, Zeal for your house will consume me. At this the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?”
But he was speaking about the temple of his Body.
Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he
had said this, and they came to believe the Scripture and the word Jesus had
spoken.
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Reflection:
What is a
temple of God?
A temple of God is a house of prayer. Therefore, it is
sacred and Jesus has every right to be angry towards the people who were there
because they used the house of prayer as marketplace.
Our bodies are temple of the Holy Spirit what are we
doing with it? Do we recognize the presence of the Holy Spirit in our bodies by
nourishing it with prayers and by not defiling it?
We must at all times feed our bodies with what is Holy
and Godly; we must shun any form that deviates from what is Holy and Godly. God
has created us for one sole purpose and that is for Him to always dwell in us.
How can we invite the presence of God in our lives if we defile our bodies with
sin?
We would certainly grow in faith and wisdom the moment
we always nourish our bodies with what is Holy and Godly. By Holy and Godly
means that we nourish our bodies with the words of God this we can do best by
reading the bible so that we would know more about God.
We always have to try our best also to make our bodies
clean of any worldly and spiritual defilement. In doing so we always are ready
to accept the Holy presence of God in our lives.
Do you always nourish yourself with what is Holy and Godly? - Marino J. Dasmarinas