My Sunday Scripture 2009.3.15
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." 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. While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, many began to believe in his name when they saw the signs he was doing. But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all, and did not need anyone to testify about human nature. He himself understood it well.
Saint John 2,13-25.
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My Reading Notes:
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Holy is the spiritual. Holy is the temple. Holy is the mind.
Spiritual matter shouln never be tainted by worldly and material
matter.
Every aim on earth should be considered this way.
It is not to neglect material matters, it is not to do away trades, and
markets. But we should always remember: we are living on the wisdom of God,not on money.
Only on such basic consideration, could we understand the phase:
"Zeal for your house will consume me."
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