Stones became Flesh when Jesus became our Temple

In John 2:13-22, when Jesus entered the temple and furiously drove out the money changers, He wasn’t just cleansing a building. He was revealing a truth far deeper than walls or rituals.

John 2:13-22

In Jesus the fullness of God is made accessible to us, making a worshipful relationship with Him personal, immediate, and alive.

The temple, once built of stone and gold, had become a place where commerce replaced communion. The place where people, including the gentiles, were supposed to be able to connect with the presence of God, had instead become an obstacle to faith seekers. No wonder Jesus was so upset! But Jesus came to show that the true dwelling place of God could never be confined to lifeless materials. In His zeal for His Father’s house, He pointed beyond the corruption of the physical temple to the living presence of God that was standing among them — Himself.

“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up,” He said. The people thought He meant the building, but Jesus was speaking of His body. The stones of the old temple would soon crumble, but in their place, something far greater would rise — flesh infused with divine glory. The eternal Word became the living temple where heaven and earth meet. God’s presence no longer dwells behind a curtain, hidden in shadows and sacrifice. In Jesus, the fullness of God is made accessible to us, making a worshipful relationship with Him personal, immediate, and alive.

Pastor Ben.