I have been studying the various accounts of Jesus upsetting the tables of the money changers and chasing them out of the temple. It appears that He had incredible passion for the temple. But there are several observations that come to mind:

  • He said, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” John tells us “the temple he spoke about was His body.”
  • Paul tells us in I Corinthians 3 that we are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God lives in us.  He repeats it in chapter 6.
  • When Jesus chased the money-changers out of the temple He said, “my house shall be a house of prayer but you have made it a den of robbers.”

Some questions -

  • Where is the temple? Is the church building the temple? Are individuals the temple? Is the temple the collective body of Christ?
  • If His house (the temple) is to be a house of prayer, what are the implications if we are the temple?
  • If we are the temple, what does it say about the condition or expected condition of the heart?
  • Is the church building to be the “house of prayer” or are there other implications?