Cleansing Our Temples

Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

If Jesus were here today, what would He do? How would He cleanse His Temple? First, we need to realize something about Temples in the Scriptures. And that is: there are three Temples, or three kinds of Temples, in Scripture. The first is the building itself. The second Temple -- or kind of Temple -- spoken in Scripture: Jesus Himself. The third Temple -- or kind of Temple -- spoken of in Scripture: you. For it is not the first kind of Temple, that needs cleansing today. And it is not the second kind of Temple, Jesus' flesh and blood, that needs cleansing today. But that third kind of Temple... you and me... yeah, we need cleansing, don't we? And this, too, Jesus does.