WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.480 If you have your Bible with you, please open it up to the Gospel of John. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.839 The Gospel of John, we're in chapter 2 this morning. 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:19.179 We're continuing on through the story of Jesus as told by John the Apostle. 00:00:20.260 --> 00:00:29.580 Last Sunday, we saw how Jesus did an amazing miracle behind the scenes at the wedding in Cana. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.159 Turning water, and a lot of it, into not just wine, but better wine than the good stuff that they had already been drinking. 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:47.140 And it was a gracious miracle and a wonderful display of power that he did there. 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:54.060 Well, this morning we continue the story, and we're picking it up in verse 12 of chapter 2. 00:00:54.060 --> 00:01:03.520 After this, after the wedding, he went down, Jesus did, to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:06.920 There they stayed for a few days. 00:01:08.180 --> 00:01:08.939 Verse 13. 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:15.920 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:22.120 So not too long, they stayed in Capernaum, another town. 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:28.420 And then the sense of the text here is that very soon after this, the Passover was near. 00:01:28.620 --> 00:01:31.659 And so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.540 Now, Passover was a really big deal. 00:01:35.960 --> 00:01:40.099 And so it's a little bit tricky for us to maybe get our heads into that mindset. 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:44.619 I'm not going to go into explaining the whole significance of the Passover. 00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:52.780 But basically, it was the time of the year where they commemorated how the Lord had delivered them from slavery in Egypt. 00:01:53.140 --> 00:01:54.719 And led them out. 00:01:55.319 --> 00:02:03.579 And the Lord actually commanded that they remember this every year on a specific day. 00:02:04.199 --> 00:02:05.560 And so they did this. 00:02:06.179 --> 00:02:07.739 They celebrated the Passover. 00:02:07.739 --> 00:02:16.479 And not only that, but there was a whole week of festival that followed the Passover called the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:30.199 And it was very common for many of the people to go up to Jerusalem and to celebrate and commemorate both of these things there in Jerusalem. 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:35.599 So imagine Jerusalem, this city. 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:39.119 They estimate about 2 million people at the time. 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:41.259 Good-sized city. 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:48.439 Imagine the roads coming into Jerusalem jammed with people from all over Israel. 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:50.719 They've packed their bags up. 00:02:50.839 --> 00:02:54.359 They've got their animals saddled, whatever they had, carts. 00:02:54.360 --> 00:03:05.280 And they're all making the trek up to Jerusalem to celebrate and to commemorate the Passover and the festival which followed. 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.540 Well, Jesus was among those who went up. 00:03:08.700 --> 00:03:16.000 And to put this a little bit into perspective, too, this was not just the local people in Israel that were coming to this. 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:22.560 It was common that Jews would travel from all over the Mediterranean world to be there for Passover. 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:28.120 This was like one of the big holy days, holy festivals of the year. 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:37.360 And so just picture those entrances, those streets, those main roads coming into Jerusalem full of people. 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:49.879 And the city of about 2 million just swelling with the influx of visitors, people from all over who had come to take part in the festival and to celebrate the Passover. 00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:57.240 Well, Jesus was one of those people who went up to Jerusalem and his disciples went with him. 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:58.580 And we'll get to that in a moment. 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:07.120 At some point in his time there, Jesus goes to the temple. 00:04:08.939 --> 00:04:14.320 And I want us to try to imagine a little bit of what this looked like. 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:21.139 It's hard for us because it's hard to envision what does the temple even look like. 00:04:21.220 --> 00:04:22.900 I mean, it's not even there today. 00:04:22.899 --> 00:04:28.379 It's been destroyed and the temple mount has got other things on it right now. 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:33.379 But to give us a little bit of a visual and just help us, we're going to watch just a short video clip here. 00:04:34.899 --> 00:04:44.099 Some guys have put together a bit of a 3D rendering just to kind of give you a sense of what it looked like or may have looked like on the temple mount. 00:04:44.100 --> 00:04:48.379 And in this clip, you'll see that the courts, the temple courts are empty. 00:04:48.780 --> 00:04:50.220 There's almost nobody in them. 00:04:50.280 --> 00:04:53.280 I want you to imagine them just jammed full of people. 00:04:53.760 --> 00:04:55.020 This is the Passover. 00:04:55.640 --> 00:04:56.780 People were there. 00:04:57.340 --> 00:04:58.500 So let's watch that. 00:04:58.500 --> 00:05:03.139 Verse 14. 00:05:03.139 --> 00:05:15.759 In the temple courts, Jesus found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:20.040 So these people were there. 00:05:20.540 --> 00:05:26.379 And of course, they were offering a service to those who came, especially at this time for the Passover. 00:05:26.379 --> 00:05:34.680 Those people who were selling cattle, sheep and doves, they were offering these for sale for sacrifices to the Lord. 00:05:35.219 --> 00:05:38.579 That was kind of the main purpose of those specific animals. 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:43.079 And those exchanging money, sitting at tables. 00:05:43.540 --> 00:05:47.019 At the temple, there was a very specific currency that they accepted there. 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:52.779 And of course, the Roman Empire was made up of all kinds of different nations that had been conquered, 00:05:52.779 --> 00:05:56.419 each with their different kinds of currencies and stuff. 00:05:56.539 --> 00:05:59.239 And they only accepted one at the temple. 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:02.339 And so that's what the exchangers were there to do, 00:06:02.459 --> 00:06:07.459 was to change their money into the kind accepted at the temple for offerings, 00:06:07.559 --> 00:06:10.379 as well as for purchasing these animals. 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:20.920 So this is what Jesus, it says Jesus saw and found as he entered into the temple. 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:25.439 People selling and people exchanging money. 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:27.899 Verse 15. 00:06:27.899 --> 00:06:38.879 So Jesus made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:44.859 He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 00:06:45.699 --> 00:06:48.659 To those who sold doves, he said, 00:06:48.859 --> 00:06:51.099 Get these out of here. 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:56.259 Stop turning my father's house into a market. 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:56.379 Stop turning my father's house into a market. 00:06:59.339 --> 00:07:02.240 His disciples remembered that it is written, 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:07.039 Zeal for your house will consume me. 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:14.039 So Jesus comes into the temple courts, 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:17.420 and it's full of people, 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:20.699 and his attention rests, comes to rest, 00:07:20.699 --> 00:07:25.159 on those who are selling animals and those who are exchanging currencies. 00:07:26.259 --> 00:07:29.339 And then he does what probably nobody was expecting. 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:31.519 He makes a whip, 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:35.560 and he begins to untie the animals, 00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:36.819 set them loose, 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:39.839 and drive them right out the temple gates. 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:43.500 In fact, it says he drove all from the temple courts, 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:45.519 and probably the sense of that, 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:46.680 depending on your translation, 00:07:46.860 --> 00:07:49.240 is that he drove the sellers out as well. 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.620 I don't think he used the whip on them. 00:07:52.620 --> 00:07:54.360 I think that was for the animals. 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:59.139 All out from the temple courts, 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:01.819 including the sheep and the cattle. 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:07.920 He sends the coins of the money changers flying 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.860 and flips their tables 00:08:09.860 --> 00:08:14.920 and tells them to get out. 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:17.459 Get these animals out of here. 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:21.500 Can you imagine 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:25.839 what this might have looked like in that moment? 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.819 I mean, this place is packed full of people. 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:31.680 What are Jesus' disciples thinking 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:34.340 as they watch this? 00:08:35.860 --> 00:08:37.879 What are the rest of the people 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:38.799 that are just there, 00:08:39.199 --> 00:08:39.579 you know, 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:40.759 for whatever reason, 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:41.600 thinking? 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.620 Last Sunday, 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:45.480 we saw Jesus 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.240 working a miracle behind the scenes 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:52.460 in a way that didn't draw attention to himself. 00:08:53.300 --> 00:08:53.820 Here, 00:08:54.060 --> 00:08:55.399 what Jesus is doing 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:57.960 is drawing the attention of everyone. 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.279 You can just see the expression on their faces, 00:09:04.180 --> 00:09:04.820 wide-eyed. 00:09:05.820 --> 00:09:06.680 Look at him. 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:08.560 What is he doing? 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:11.599 Look at him. 00:09:14.099 --> 00:09:15.119 This would have been 00:09:15.119 --> 00:09:17.259 something to see. 00:09:19.939 --> 00:09:20.759 But of course, 00:09:20.859 --> 00:09:21.959 the big question is, 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:23.879 why is he doing this? 00:09:26.339 --> 00:09:27.939 Why is he doing this? 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:34.659 We get one line 00:09:34.659 --> 00:09:35.939 from Jesus' mouth 00:09:35.939 --> 00:09:38.239 that really captures the whole thing. 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:39.939 the whole reason. 00:09:41.959 --> 00:09:44.299 John tells us that he said this, 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:46.019 get these out of here 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:47.459 with reference to the doves 00:09:47.459 --> 00:09:48.299 or the animals. 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:52.259 Stop turning my father's house 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:53.639 into a market. 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:00.759 Now we'll pass over the fact 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:02.519 that Jesus has just referred to 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:04.039 the Lord God 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:05.419 as his father. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.299 It doesn't seem that the people 00:10:07.299 --> 00:10:08.559 really reacted to that 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:09.339 in this moment. 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:10.620 They're going to react to it 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:11.879 in a few chapters. 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:12.740 We'll get to that. 00:10:12.819 --> 00:10:13.859 We'll talk about it then. 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:21.740 But the main reason that we see 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:24.799 has to do with this place. 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:28.479 This is my father's house. 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:34.220 This place is holy. 00:10:34.220 --> 00:10:35.139 This place is holy. 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:39.399 And you guys, 00:10:39.800 --> 00:10:41.259 in what you've done here, 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:42.940 are profaning it. 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:47.480 What you're doing is dishonoring to him. 00:10:47.779 --> 00:10:48.820 This is hard for us 00:10:48.820 --> 00:10:49.759 to get our minds around. 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:50.899 We don't have a temple 00:10:50.899 --> 00:10:51.800 that we go to. 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:55.159 But think about it. 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:57.219 I was trying to think, 00:10:57.319 --> 00:10:58.099 how can I really 00:10:58.099 --> 00:11:00.139 capture this, 00:11:00.539 --> 00:11:02.419 the significance of the temple 00:11:02.419 --> 00:11:03.419 in just a couple minutes. 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:03.740 I mean, 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:04.799 it all started back 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:05.620 in the Old Testament 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:07.279 with the tabernacle. 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:09.319 This was the arrangement 00:11:09.319 --> 00:11:10.620 that God had made, 00:11:10.979 --> 00:11:12.120 this tabernacle, 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:14.199 so that he could be 00:11:14.199 --> 00:11:15.599 among his people. 00:11:15.979 --> 00:11:17.279 They traveled around 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:18.120 with this. 00:11:18.199 --> 00:11:19.240 They set the tent up. 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:20.740 The presence of the Lord 00:11:20.740 --> 00:11:21.480 would come down 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:23.200 upon this tabernacle 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:25.139 in a thick cloud 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:26.820 and glory. 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:30.060 And God lived 00:11:30.060 --> 00:11:31.299 among his people 00:11:31.299 --> 00:11:33.000 and his people 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:34.600 among him. 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:37.159 This was the place 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:38.519 where they could have 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:39.659 relationship with him, 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:41.240 where they could come near to him. 00:11:41.340 --> 00:11:42.379 The place that they 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.940 offered sacrifices, 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:46.279 which God said 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:47.000 were required 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:48.560 because of their sin 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:49.839 in order to be close 00:11:49.839 --> 00:11:51.039 to him as a people. 00:11:51.419 --> 00:11:52.799 This is what is required. 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:55.599 Blood sacrifices. 00:11:57.899 --> 00:11:59.859 God gave all kinds of 00:11:59.859 --> 00:12:01.939 commands as to 00:12:01.939 --> 00:12:04.099 how this was all to work. 00:12:04.219 --> 00:12:05.139 There was kind of 00:12:05.139 --> 00:12:06.099 different parts 00:12:06.099 --> 00:12:07.119 of the tabernacle 00:12:07.119 --> 00:12:08.639 that they could go into. 00:12:08.959 --> 00:12:10.659 And if you wanted to be 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:12.000 in the most holy place, 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:12.959 you had to be 00:12:12.959 --> 00:12:14.439 the high priest. 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:16.820 go through all these 00:12:16.820 --> 00:12:18.740 cleansing rituals 00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:20.480 that God prescribed 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:21.080 and all of this 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:21.900 to illustrate 00:12:21.900 --> 00:12:23.620 his holiness. 00:12:26.700 --> 00:12:27.860 I am holy 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:30.760 and you, 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:31.420 my people, 00:12:31.540 --> 00:12:32.020 are not. 00:12:32.140 --> 00:12:32.980 And so there is, 00:12:33.260 --> 00:12:34.460 there are things required 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:35.880 and we can only get 00:12:35.880 --> 00:12:36.680 so close. 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:38.699 But the whole purpose 00:12:38.699 --> 00:12:39.739 of this tabernacle 00:12:39.739 --> 00:12:40.819 is relationship. 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:43.079 For God to be 00:12:43.079 --> 00:12:44.319 with and among 00:12:44.319 --> 00:12:45.120 his people. 00:12:46.219 --> 00:12:47.259 And later on, 00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:49.539 the stuff of the tabernacle 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:50.379 got transferred 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:51.639 into the temple. 00:12:52.339 --> 00:12:53.379 A more permanent 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:56.039 house. 00:12:58.099 --> 00:12:59.739 David was the one 00:12:59.739 --> 00:13:00.379 who came up 00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:01.120 with the idea 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:02.079 to build 00:13:02.079 --> 00:13:03.019 a permanent 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:04.539 dwelling place 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:05.099 for the Lord 00:13:05.099 --> 00:13:06.039 among his people. 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:07.740 And the Lord 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:11.779 put his presence 00:13:11.779 --> 00:13:13.319 upon the temple 00:13:13.319 --> 00:13:14.539 just as he had 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.539 with the tabernacle. 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:17.079 And, 00:13:17.199 --> 00:13:17.959 and they saw 00:13:17.959 --> 00:13:18.719 his glory 00:13:18.719 --> 00:13:19.919 descending upon it 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:21.719 saying, 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:22.819 yes, 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:24.059 my name is here. 00:13:24.219 --> 00:13:25.659 This is the place 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.959 on earth 00:13:26.959 --> 00:13:28.539 where I will dwell 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:29.120 among you. 00:13:32.019 --> 00:13:32.819 And so 00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:34.000 just think of 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.960 the significance 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:36.379 of this place. 00:13:37.539 --> 00:13:38.559 It's not the same 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:38.919 temple. 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:40.000 There's been a destruction 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:41.340 and a rebuild. 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:44.340 But the significance 00:13:44.340 --> 00:13:46.000 is the most 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:46.980 important part. 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:48.259 What is this place 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:48.960 all about? 00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:51.580 Jesus says, 00:13:51.700 --> 00:13:52.519 this is 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:53.720 my father's 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:54.480 house. 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:56.679 This is the place 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:57.840 where God, 00:13:58.259 --> 00:13:58.820 Yahweh, 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.399 the Lord 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:01.080 Almighty, 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:02.340 has chosen 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.019 to dwell 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.840 on earth 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.660 where people 00:14:04.660 --> 00:14:05.280 may come 00:14:05.280 --> 00:14:05.860 close 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:06.920 and approach 00:14:06.920 --> 00:14:07.960 and be near. 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:11.399 This is a special 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:11.840 place. 00:14:11.920 --> 00:14:12.680 This is a sacred 00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:13.200 place. 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.960 And how should 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.740 we feel 00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:17.600 as we walk 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:18.139 up 00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:19.560 through the gates 00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:20.480 into the temple 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.000 courts? 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:24.120 the closest 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:25.320 analogy I could 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:25.700 think of 00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:26.240 was Moses 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:26.820 in the burning 00:14:26.820 --> 00:14:27.240 bush. 00:14:28.539 --> 00:14:29.379 Hopefully you've 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:30.259 heard that story 00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.779 before. 00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:33.519 Moses saw a bush 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.740 that was on fire, 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:36.480 but it was not 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.379 being burnt up 00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:38.059 by the fire. 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:39.139 The fire was 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:40.399 actually the Lord's 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:41.279 presence 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:42.759 being made 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.419 manifest 00:14:43.419 --> 00:14:44.559 in that 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:45.539 bush. 00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:46.459 And the Lord 00:14:46.459 --> 00:14:47.379 spoke out 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.019 of the bush 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:49.099 to Moses 00:14:49.099 --> 00:14:49.620 and said, 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:50.159 don't come 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:50.959 any closer. 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:53.079 Take off 00:14:53.079 --> 00:14:53.799 your sandals. 00:14:54.339 --> 00:14:55.039 The very 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:55.779 ground 00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:56.899 where you're 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.339 standing 00:14:57.339 --> 00:14:58.240 is holy. 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.980 Why was it 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.259 holy? 00:15:02.319 --> 00:15:02.779 Not because 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:03.279 the ground 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:03.779 was somehow 00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.339 special, 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:04.919 but because 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:06.179 of its 00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:07.019 closeness 00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:07.719 to the 00:15:07.719 --> 00:15:08.079 Lord's 00:15:08.079 --> 00:15:08.659 presence. 00:15:09.219 --> 00:15:09.959 That's what 00:15:09.959 --> 00:15:10.339 made it 00:15:10.339 --> 00:15:10.699 holy. 00:15:12.439 --> 00:15:12.959 And Moses 00:15:12.959 --> 00:15:13.419 in that 00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:13.879 story, 00:15:14.439 --> 00:15:15.519 it says, 00:15:15.539 --> 00:15:15.939 he was 00:15:15.939 --> 00:15:16.779 afraid and 00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:17.259 he hid 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:18.019 his face. 00:15:19.319 --> 00:15:20.019 There was 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.360 a deep 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.079 reverence 00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:22.120 and awe. 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:23.139 I am 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:24.019 close 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:25.099 to God 00:15:25.099 --> 00:15:25.699 himself, 00:15:25.699 --> 00:15:26.240 to his 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.839 presence 00:15:26.839 --> 00:15:27.500 right here 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.839 in this 00:15:27.839 --> 00:15:28.179 bush. 00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:29.039 This is 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:29.459 the kind 00:15:29.459 --> 00:15:29.919 of feeling 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:30.299 that we're 00:15:30.299 --> 00:15:30.639 meant to 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.039 have 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:31.740 as we 00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.199 come to 00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:32.839 the temple 00:15:32.839 --> 00:15:33.339 of the 00:15:33.339 --> 00:15:33.819 Lord, 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:35.000 the place 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.480 where his 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:36.259 presence 00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:37.139 is made 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:37.899 manifest. 00:15:40.599 --> 00:15:41.179 We're 00:15:41.179 --> 00:15:41.620 meant to be 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.099 filled with 00:15:42.099 --> 00:15:42.519 awe, 00:15:42.819 --> 00:15:43.779 not just 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:44.199 at the 00:15:44.199 --> 00:15:44.699 size 00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:46.100 of the 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.560 pillars 00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:48.480 and at 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:48.680 the 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:49.720 expensiveness 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.300 of the 00:15:50.300 --> 00:15:51.440 gold overlay, 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:52.020 at the 00:15:52.020 --> 00:15:52.940 glory and 00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:53.520 wonder of 00:15:53.520 --> 00:15:54.300 this structure. 00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:56.580 It was 00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:57.460 built like 00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:58.000 that to 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:59.240 reflect that 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:00.300 the Lord, 00:16:00.420 --> 00:16:00.960 whose temple 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:01.480 it is, 00:16:01.540 --> 00:16:02.759 is great 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.980 and glorious 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:05.600 and worthy 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.420 and beautiful. 00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:08.500 this is 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.139 the place 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:10.399 where he 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:11.679 has chosen 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:12.279 to put 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.139 his presence 00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.959 on earth. 00:16:14.979 --> 00:16:15.240 And so 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.779 we ought to 00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.579 come into 00:16:16.579 --> 00:16:17.339 this place 00:16:17.339 --> 00:16:18.399 with a 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:18.719 deep 00:16:18.719 --> 00:16:19.699 reverence 00:16:19.699 --> 00:16:20.679 and respect. 00:16:23.199 --> 00:16:24.159 What does 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.039 Jesus find 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:26.459 when he 00:16:26.459 --> 00:16:27.319 comes into 00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:28.059 the courts 00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:28.360 of the 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:28.699 temple? 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:31.799 One commentator 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.439 said it really 00:16:32.439 --> 00:16:32.799 well. 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:34.779 this place 00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.419 of solemn 00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:36.000 dignity, 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.639 this place 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.059 where the 00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:38.179 murmur of 00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:40.099 prayers should 00:16:40.099 --> 00:16:40.699 be heard, 00:16:40.699 --> 00:16:42.000 of holy 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.819 adoration, 00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:44.719 the place 00:16:44.719 --> 00:16:45.159 where people 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.699 are pouring 00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.759 out their 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.399 hearts to 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:47.939 the Lord 00:16:47.939 --> 00:16:50.339 in brokenness 00:16:50.339 --> 00:16:51.799 and out of a 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.740 contrite heart 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.699 had been 00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.939 turned into 00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:57.240 a marketplace, 00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:59.159 a place of 00:16:59.159 --> 00:16:59.799 business. 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.359 instead of 00:17:02.359 --> 00:17:03.479 the sound 00:17:03.479 --> 00:17:04.319 of prayers 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.759 being heard, 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:08.039 you could 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.419 hear the 00:17:08.419 --> 00:17:08.859 sound of 00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.279 people 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.559 heckling 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.619 over prices 00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:13.399 and exchange 00:17:13.399 --> 00:17:13.919 rates, 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:16.799 the bellowing 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.440 of cattle, 00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.119 the bleeding 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:19.779 of sheep, 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:23.019 people doing 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.740 business. 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:27.519 Jesus 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:27.960 says, 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:28.980 stop 00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.740 turning 00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.380 my 00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.960 father's 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:31.359 house 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:32.539 into a 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.140 marketplace. 00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:37.000 You've 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.359 turned 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:38.000 this 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.640 holy 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.259 place 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.480 into a 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:40.859 common 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.420 place. 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.279 You've 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.980 profaned 00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.220 it. 00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:44.519 Get 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:44.960 out. 00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:46.720 Stop 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.000 it. 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.460 And he 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:49.920 chases 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.900 him right 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.240 out the 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.500 front 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.960 gates. 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:56.500 I can 00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:56.759 just 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.779 imagine 00:17:57.779 --> 00:18:00.160 that 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.860 righteous 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:01.480 anger 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:03.400 that he 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:03.779 had in 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:03.980 that 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.420 moment. 00:18:07.620 --> 00:18:08.380 Flipping 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:08.980 tables. 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:11.299 This is 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:12.160 such a 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.039 contrast to 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:14.519 the picture 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:14.940 that we 00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:15.660 often have 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.340 of Jesus 00:18:16.340 --> 00:18:17.240 the gentle 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:19.000 man 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.559 holding 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.019 the sheep 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.380 in his 00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:20.779 arms. 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:23.720 But it's 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.240 beautiful. 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.440 It's 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:26.840 glorious. 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.220 He has 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:32.100 this love 00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:32.900 for God 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:34.440 like no 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.019 one else 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.400 does. 00:18:35.620 --> 00:18:35.840 I mean, 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:37.960 here's 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.860 one man 00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.880 going around 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.640 this huge 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.180 area 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:43.279 doing all 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:43.680 this. 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.259 And he 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.700 doesn't 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.460 seem to 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.500 care about 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.360 what anybody 00:18:48.360 --> 00:18:49.079 else thinks 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:49.360 there. 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:50.180 Not the 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.700 crowds, 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.440 not the 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.360 people in 00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:52.980 line to 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.340 purchase 00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:53.940 things or 00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.480 exchange 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:54.900 money, 00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.580 not the 00:18:55.580 --> 00:18:56.120 people doing 00:18:56.120 --> 00:18:56.759 the selling. 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:58.240 He doesn't 00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.620 seem to 00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.080 care about 00:18:59.080 --> 00:19:00.259 the temple 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.600 guards or 00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.140 the religious 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:03.440 leaders or 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.340 the Roman 00:19:04.340 --> 00:19:05.340 garrison that's 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:06.700 probably overlooking 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.720 the temple 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.299 courts. 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.220 He only cares 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.779 about what 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:12.500 one thinks, 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.380 God, 00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.100 his father. 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:17.339 God, 00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.879 how dare 00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:19.419 you do 00:19:19.419 --> 00:19:20.439 this in 00:19:20.439 --> 00:19:21.959 his sacred 00:19:21.959 --> 00:19:23.259 holy place? 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.699 It's 00:19:28.699 --> 00:19:29.199 beautiful. 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:35.900 one person 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.720 remarked that 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:39.980 Jesus was 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.759 alone as 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.120 he did 00:19:41.120 --> 00:19:41.519 this. 00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.519 It was 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.200 just him, 00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:45.180 but that 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:46.420 he likely 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.000 had an 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:48.240 ally in 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.420 the 00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.019 consciences 00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.400 of the 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.819 people. 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:51.680 That even 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.220 as he said 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.500 this, 00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:52.900 you know, 00:19:53.340 --> 00:19:53.880 people are 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.240 thinking, 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.380 yeah, 00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.980 you're 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.279 right. 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:59.700 this isn't 00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.000 right, 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.440 what we're 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.440 doing here, 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.579 yet no one 00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.440 else would 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:03.819 have done 00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.059 it. 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.119 Jesus, 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.480 God's son, 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.799 he came 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:10.139 and cleaned 00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.619 house. 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.319 His 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.879 disciples, 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.740 verse 17, 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.299 remembered 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:18.139 that it is 00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.500 written, 00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:20.440 zeal for 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.019 your house 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:22.259 will consume 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.599 me. 00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.339 Now, 00:20:24.379 --> 00:20:24.700 I'm not going 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.139 to go into 00:20:25.139 --> 00:20:25.940 detail about 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.240 that, 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.579 but it's 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:26.920 the words 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.300 from a 00:20:27.300 --> 00:20:27.680 psalm. 00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:29.060 David had 00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:29.480 said a 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.759 similar 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.720 thing in 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.720 a song. 00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:32.180 He was 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.700 passionate 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.120 for the 00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.460 Lord's 00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:33.779 house. 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.460 It hadn't 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:34.940 been built 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.160 yet, 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.500 but he 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.080 wanted it 00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.440 to be. 00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.620 And perhaps 00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.160 he took 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.960 criticism 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.620 for it. 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:39.960 We don't 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.640 know exactly 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.420 the situation 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.779 in the 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.680 psalm in 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.019 which he 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.519 wrote those 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.940 words, 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.039 but his 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.580 disciples 00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.779 kind of 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.220 drew the 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.759 connection, 00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.660 whether they 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.320 remembered it 00:20:49.320 --> 00:20:50.240 right there 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.900 in that 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.519 moment or 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.900 sometime 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.580 after. 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:53.920 Look at 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.500 the passion, 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:54.900 look at 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.539 the zeal 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.200 that he 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.779 has. 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.640 For the 00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.600 house of 00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.140 the Lord. 00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.600 Just like 00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.340 David did. 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:05.100 He is the 00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:05.840 son of 00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.200 David. 00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:08.259 He is the 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.680 Messiah, 00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.300 the one who 00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:09.880 will take up 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.380 the throne 00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.000 of David. 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.820 The Jews 00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:16.560 then responded 00:21:16.560 --> 00:21:16.960 to him. 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.759 Verse 18. 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.480 What sign 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.120 can you show 00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.860 us to prove 00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.420 your authority 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.120 to do all 00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.460 this? 00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:24.279 the Jews 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.840 are probably 00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:25.340 a reference 00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:25.720 to the 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.059 religious 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.480 leaders 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.079 rather than 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.039 to the 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.140 whole lot 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.779 of people 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.180 there. 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.680 But they 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.160 challenged 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:32.579 Jesus. 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.360 Like, who 00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:35.039 gave you the 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.600 right to do 00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:35.880 this? 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.400 Who put you 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:36.819 in charge 00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.120 here? 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:37.980 That's what 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.500 Jesus has 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.740 done. 00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.360 He's basically 00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.180 taken charge 00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.160 here at the 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:42.400 temple of 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:42.840 the Lord. 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:42.919 Lord. 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:46.299 So, if 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.919 you're going 00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.819 to do 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.939 this, who 00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.559 are you? 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:49.980 Are you some 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.359 kind of 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:50.759 prophet? 00:21:52.199 --> 00:21:52.899 Show us a 00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.399 sign to 00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:53.980 prove that 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.599 you have 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.199 the authority 00:21:55.199 --> 00:21:55.679 to do 00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.079 this. 00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.279 This is 00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.699 what Jesus 00:21:58.699 --> 00:21:59.240 answered. 00:21:59.399 --> 00:22:00.179 Verse 19. 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.279 Destroy this 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:04.359 temple and 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.899 I will raise 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.959 it again in 00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.639 three days. 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.519 They replied, 00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.439 it has 00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:12.699 taken 46 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.700 years to 00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.180 build this 00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.160 temple and 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:16.200 you are 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.640 going to 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.120 raise it 00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.640 in three 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.140 days? 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:23.140 But, John 00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.840 tells us, the 00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.580 temple he had 00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:25.480 spoken of was 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.080 his body. 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.400 After he was 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:28.860 raised from 00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.440 the dead, his 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:30.319 disciples recalled 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.880 what he had 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.200 said. 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.819 Then they 00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.940 believed the 00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:35.039 scripture and 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.700 the words that 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.299 Jesus had 00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.720 spoken. 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.059 So, the 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.840 Jews, the 00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.460 Jewish leaders, 00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.299 they challenge 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.400 Jesus and 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.280 they demand 00:22:43.280 --> 00:22:43.840 a sign. 00:22:44.040 --> 00:22:44.600 Show us 00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.180 your authority 00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.820 to be doing 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.380 this stuff 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.640 here. 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.060 Last we 00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:49.580 checked, we 00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:49.960 were in 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.600 charge here 00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:50.860 at the 00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:51.160 temple. 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.759 And Jesus 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.400 gives them a 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.640 sign. 00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.640 But what a 00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.240 sign to give 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.460 them. 00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.120 I kind of 00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:58.400 would have 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.420 loved to 00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.960 just see 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.560 Jesus' 00:23:00.780 --> 00:23:01.640 expression as 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.180 he said it. 00:23:02.280 --> 00:23:03.000 Destroy this 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.380 temple. 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.480 I don't know 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.880 whether he 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.620 gestured to 00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.300 his body 00:23:06.300 --> 00:23:07.220 or not. 00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:07.840 We don't 00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.140 know. 00:23:08.540 --> 00:23:09.259 Destroy this 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.940 temple and 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.299 I will 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.720 raise it 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.859 again in 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.539 three days. 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.319 That's the 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.640 sign. 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.980 And John 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.640 tells us that 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.539 all along he 00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.299 meant his 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.539 body when he 00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.160 said temple. 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.879 That's what he 00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.160 meant. 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.839 And so it 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.460 seems as though 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.039 even as he 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.099 said it, he's 00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.980 intentionally 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:30.879 concealing the 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:33.279 sign with some 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.440 kind of cryptic 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.940 language. 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.799 This temple 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.279 which it 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.039 referenced to 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.579 his body. 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:37.879 You could 00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.240 think of 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.559 it as 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.279 almost like 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.779 a riddle 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:41.559 or a 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.519 micro parable. 00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.159 They didn't 00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:47.000 understand it. 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.119 They thought 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.680 he was talking 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.139 about the 00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.500 building. 00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.359 The first 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.899 thing their 00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.740 minds go to 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.399 though is not 00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:56.700 and this is 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.200 interesting. 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.720 I mean think 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.139 of this. 00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.440 If he's 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.240 promising to 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.819 give us a 00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:02.399 sign, what 00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:02.819 do we have 00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.200 to do to 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.480 see it? 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:03.940 We have to 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.319 tear the 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.960 temple down. 00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.139 Destroy it. 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.980 And then I'll 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.519 show you that 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.240 I can rebuild 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.700 it in three 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.120 days. 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.819 That's what 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.500 they're thinking. 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.880 Like even 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:14.079 that sounds 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.759 crazy. 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.400 Like who's 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.900 going to tear 00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.640 this down so 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.200 that we can 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.920 see the 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.299 proof? 00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.059 All along 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:22.000 though he was 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.880 referring to 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.920 his body. 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.180 Their minds 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.880 go immediately 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.019 to the length 00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.480 of time. 00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.680 Not to the 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.460 destruction part 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.880 but to the 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.599 length of time 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:32.220 that he could 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.160 raise it back 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.500 up. 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.420 46 years 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.100 it's taken 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.820 to build 00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:39.180 this temple. 00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.680 I mean you 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.200 saw it in 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.660 the video. 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.740 Look at 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:41.940 it. 00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.680 You're 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.220 telling me 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.660 that you 00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.340 can raise 00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:47.060 that back 00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.440 up in 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.320 three days? 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.840 It's not 00:24:50.840 --> 00:24:51.380 even really a 00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.720 question. 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.220 It's a 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.560 statement. 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.720 You're out 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.000 of your 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.340 mind. 00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.279 That's 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.880 ridiculous. 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.940 That's 00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.420 absurd. 00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.600 word. 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.940 But that's 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.259 not what 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.720 he meant. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.700 He was 00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.759 referring to 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.820 his body 00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:09.960 all along. 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.560 It was 00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:11.200 intentionally 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.680 concealed in 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.580 that language 00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:15.259 so that when 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.360 the sign was 00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.640 fulfilled and 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:19.000 he was raised 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.759 from the dead 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.620 three days 00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.320 after being 00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:22.120 destroyed 00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:24.139 on that 00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.619 cross 00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:26.579 they would 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:26.919 see. 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.839 They would 00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.459 realize 00:25:28.459 --> 00:25:30.279 yes he 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.119 does have 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.719 the authority 00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.719 to do what 00:25:32.719 --> 00:25:33.199 he did 00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:33.939 here at 00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:34.439 the temple. 00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:39.359 It wasn't 00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.179 until after 00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:41.339 that even 00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.099 his disciples 00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:43.599 realized that 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.019 that's what 00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.479 he meant. 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:46.000 After he 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.500 was raised 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.859 from the 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.659 dead his 00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.139 disciples 00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.799 recalled what 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.119 he had 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.459 said. 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.980 then they 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.960 believed the 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.000 scripture and 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:54.500 the words that 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.140 Jesus had 00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.539 spoken. 00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.799 And we 00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.420 might wonder 00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.079 for a moment 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:01.960 which is 00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:03.920 harder to 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.220 raise this 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.420 whole temple 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.340 building back 00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:08.840 up again in 00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:11.519 three days or 00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.100 for a body 00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.600 that's been 00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.340 absolutely 00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:17.600 destroyed and 00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.340 has died from 00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:19.079 suffocation 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:20.879 and loss 00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.399 of blood 00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.559 with a 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.359 spear piercing 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.039 through into 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.619 the heart 00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:26.480 and then 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.199 lying dead in 00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:27.759 a tomb for 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.579 three days to 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.639 be raised back 00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.240 to life which 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.759 is harder. 00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:34.059 I think that 00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.740 kind of gets to 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.379 the point of 00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.079 what Jesus is 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.460 saying. 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.379 It's 00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.079 impossible. 00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:41.639 Only an 00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.599 act of God 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:44.339 could do 00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.740 this. 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.359 God 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.740 will 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.740 be 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.740 offering 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.559 them the 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.240 ultimate 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.920 sign. 00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.660 But will 00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:53.920 they 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.920 remember it 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:57.339 when he's 00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.799 raised from 00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.279 the dead? 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.759 John sums 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.160 up this 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.900 whole section 00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.920 of Jesus 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.720 being there 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:07.279 in verses 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.940 23 to 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.460 25. 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.120 Now while he 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.480 was in 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.220 Jerusalem at 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.720 the Passover 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.319 festival, 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.399 many people 00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:12.879 saw the 00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.379 signs he 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.059 was performing 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.299 and believed 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.659 in his 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.000 name. 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.240 But Jesus 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.679 would not 00:27:18.679 --> 00:27:19.379 entrust himself 00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:19.919 to them 00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:21.000 for he knew 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.700 all people. 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.919 He did not 00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.599 need any 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.500 testimony about 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.980 mankind for 00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.519 he knew what 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.259 was in each 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.759 person. 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.980 So the week 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.539 continued, 00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.159 the Passover 00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.779 festival. 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.159 Notice that it 00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:33.639 says many 00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.419 people saw the 00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:35.139 signs, 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.759 plural. 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.519 This wasn't 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.339 the only one, 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.980 this cleansing 00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.339 of the 00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.659 temple. 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.899 There was 00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.439 more things 00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:43.699 that he 00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:44.139 did and 00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.939 many people 00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.720 saw them 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:47.259 and believed 00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.639 in his 00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:47.899 name. 00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:48.199 And there's 00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:48.599 all kinds 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.099 of questions 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.500 here. 00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.699 Did they 00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:52.220 believe genuinely 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.919 or just 00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.679 superficially? 00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.299 How come 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.639 he didn't 00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.199 entrust 00:27:55.199 --> 00:27:56.179 himself to 00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.500 them? 00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.419 What does 00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.779 that even 00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.179 mean? 00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.359 In what 00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.899 sense does 00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.799 Jesus know 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.599 all men 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.480 and know 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.299 what is 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.559 in man? 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:08.099 I don't 00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.399 have the 00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:08.819 answer to 00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.200 all those 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.700 questions. 00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.299 But I 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.679 think one 00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:12.119 thing is 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.480 clear. 00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.519 We do 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.940 see that 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.779 somehow 00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.599 Jesus knows 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.119 things that 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.740 only God 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.240 can know. 00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.299 I mean, 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.819 he's just 00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:24.099 predicted his 00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.759 own death 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.039 and three 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.759 days later 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.599 resurrection 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.200 from the 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.500 dead. 00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:31.319 He knows 00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.819 things about 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.519 people that 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:34.200 nobody except 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.859 God could 00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.259 know. 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:37.119 he saw 00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.640 and knew 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.119 that about 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.720 Nathaniel 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.319 sitting under 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.900 the fig tree 00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.180 and we're 00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.539 going to see 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.299 more of this 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.900 kind of thing 00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.400 throughout the 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.980 gospel of 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.299 John. 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.960 What's the 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.759 significance of 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.259 all this? 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.160 John is 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.779 giving us 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.579 signs. 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.579 He's showing 00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.319 us the things 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.240 that confirm 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.339 that Jesus 00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.960 is who 00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.460 they're all 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.559 discovering him 00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.079 to be 00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.579 through this 00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.980 story. 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.960 He knows 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.599 these things 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.440 because he 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.640 is the 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.200 Christ. 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.600 He is the 00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.060 Messiah. 00:29:07.280 --> 00:29:08.600 He is the 00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.060 Son of 00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:09.600 God. 00:29:11.020 --> 00:29:12.220 He is 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.920 God. 00:29:15.020 --> 00:29:15.780 And the 00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:16.320 cleansing of 00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.800 the temple 00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:19.440 is another 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.900 sign. 00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:20.640 It's another 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.200 pointer 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:24.900 that he is 00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.380 as well. 00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.020 Back in the 00:29:28.020 --> 00:29:28.540 Old Testament 00:29:28.540 --> 00:29:29.280 times, the 00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:30.320 glory of the 00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.800 Lord came 00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:33.620 down upon 00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.219 the temple. 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.939 In a very 00:29:35.939 --> 00:29:36.819 real sense, 00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.979 that day as 00:29:37.979 --> 00:29:38.879 Jesus walked 00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.539 into the 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.659 temple, the 00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.819 glory of 00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.239 the Lord 00:29:42.239 --> 00:29:42.699 could be 00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:44.039 seen shining 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.299 out. 00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.859 Do you see 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.119 it? 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.559 As he flips 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.339 the tables 00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.619 and cleans 00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.219 house and 00:29:50.219 --> 00:29:51.239 gets this 00:29:51.239 --> 00:29:53.099 stuff out 00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.539 of there. 00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.599 Do you see 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.879 that love, 00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.119 that passion 00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:59.159 for God 00:29:59.159 --> 00:30:00.199 burning brightly 00:30:00.199 --> 00:30:01.079 in that 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.619 moment and 00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.239 for God's 00:30:02.239 --> 00:30:02.639 glory? 00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.099 I think if 00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.819 John the 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.519 apostle who 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.979 wrote this 00:30:07.979 --> 00:30:08.359 was here 00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.779 today, his 00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.459 main question 00:30:10.459 --> 00:30:11.059 to us would 00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:12.099 be, do you 00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.659 see the 00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.219 signs? 00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:14.959 Do you see 00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:15.479 what he did 00:30:15.479 --> 00:30:16.019 that day at 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.439 the temple? 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:16.979 Do you hear 00:30:16.979 --> 00:30:17.799 what he said 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.199 about his 00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:20.000 death and 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.599 resurrection? 00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.719 Do you see 00:30:23.719 --> 00:30:24.559 these things 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.219 about how he 00:30:25.219 --> 00:30:25.879 knew things 00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.399 that no 00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:27.459 one, no 00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:28.659 ordinary human 00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.219 being could 00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.539 know? 00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.079 Do you see 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.759 the signs? 00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.220 Do you 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.740 believe? 00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.759 Do you 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.319 believe that 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.839 he is the 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.079 one? 00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.079 That's what 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.599 this is all 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.199 coming back 00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.439 to. 00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.159 His 00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:43.500 disciples saw 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.699 it. 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.559 They saw 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.000 it when he 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.500 was raised 00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.899 from the 00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:47.159 dead, 00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.879 ultimately 00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.819 confirmed. 00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.819 It says, 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.539 then they 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:52.139 believed the 00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.740 scripture and 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.359 the words that 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.919 Jesus had 00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.259 spoken. 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.519 Do you 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.939 see it? 00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.220 Do you 00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.679 believe? 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:04.460 the last 00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.779 thing I 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.379 want to 00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:07.299 touch on 00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.639 here, 00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.339 something that 00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.279 just really 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.919 struck me 00:31:10.919 --> 00:31:11.799 yesterday as 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.339 I was thinking 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.919 about this, 00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.359 is just 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:15.759 this whole 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.879 idea of 00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.460 reverence. 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.960 Jesus comes 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.579 into there 00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:24.000 and he 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.919 cleans house 00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.919 and what 00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:26.240 were the 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.939 people guilty 00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.299 of? 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.419 they were 00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:29.119 guilty of 00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.779 turning the 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.379 holy into 00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.659 a common 00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.419 place, a 00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:33.940 marketplace. 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.940 They were 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.500 guilty of 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.440 irreverence 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.799 at the 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:40.279 place where 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.680 God's 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.180 presence 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:43.180 dwells. 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.799 Irreverence. 00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.559 It got me 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.940 thinking, 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.680 how often 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:51.159 do I come 00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:51.919 to the 00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.339 Lord and 00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.960 approach him, 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.480 even in 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.779 prayer, 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.740 with a 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.220 lack of 00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.119 that deep 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.779 reverence, 00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:59.799 that he 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.440 is the 00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.200 holy one. 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.480 I'm coming 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.119 into his 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.879 presence to 00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.440 speak with 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.740 him. 00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.619 I started 00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:07.940 to feel 00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.420 convicted. 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.180 That's probably 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.759 just the tip 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:10.980 of the 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.299 iceberg. 00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.639 There's 00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.119 probably all 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.740 kinds of 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.720 habits and 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.460 things that I 00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.000 do in my 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.500 life in 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.240 which I 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.039 don't show 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.899 a deep 00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.899 reverence for 00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.259 God. 00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:23.259 Jesus shows 00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.220 it beautifully 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.839 how we 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:27.019 should think 00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.640 what our 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.539 attitude should 00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.799 be towards 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.960 the Lord. 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.879 And praise 00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.539 the Lord that 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:38.960 Jesus is the 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.480 lamb who 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.279 takes away our 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.099 sins, who 00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.940 cleanses us, 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.619 who forgives us 00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.680 of those things, 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.460 those ways in 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.200 which we have 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.619 been irreverent. 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.180 But may the 00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:51.000 Lord show us 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.480 as his 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:53.319 people more 00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.779 and more how 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.799 we ought to 00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.559 respect him 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:59.039 and revere 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.019 him and 00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.859 treat him as 00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:02.299 holy in our 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.200 everyday lives. 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.119 Let's pray. 00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:18.559 Lord God, we 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.119 thank you for 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.779 this little 00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.439 glimpse into 00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:22.000 what happened 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.599 that day that 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.059 you've given 00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.559 us in your 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.859 word. 00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.979 And we 00:33:25.979 --> 00:33:26.699 pray and ask 00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.000 that you 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.419 would come 00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:28.019 and search 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.619 our hearts 00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.679 and know 00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:30.059 us. 00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:32.279 Know our 00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.139 anxious thoughts, 00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:34.400 know our 00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.320 irreverent 00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:35.840 habits. 00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:39.140 We ask that 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.360 you would 00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.920 forgive us 00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.460 for the ways 00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.960 in which we 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.860 have not 00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.620 revered you, 00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.220 not feared 00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.880 you as you 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:45.040 deserve. 00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.300 Teach us 00:33:48.300 --> 00:33:50.180 to live 00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:51.080 the way 00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.460 that we 00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.980 ought to. 00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.560 Help us 00:33:52.560 --> 00:33:53.040 to see 00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:53.840 your glory 00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:55.980 so that 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.400 we might 00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.100 be gripped 00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:58.360 with a 00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:58.800 sense of 00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.280 awe 00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:02.039 for who 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.599 you are. 00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.740 A sense 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:07.259 that really 00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.960 does lead 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.300 us to 00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.500 live 00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.860 different, 00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.159 Lord. 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.179 Do this 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.539 work in 00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.039 our hearts, 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.900 we pray, 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.300 and we 00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.759 ask this 00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.420 for the 00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.900 glory of 00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.300 your name. 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.659 Amen.