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Why Jesus is Greater than the Temple – Matthew 12:6 Explained
In this episode, we explore a provocative statement made … (visit YouTube for more)
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Gosh, Jesus could be really offensive sometimes. This is what he says in Matthew 12, verse 6. "I tell you, something greater than the temple is here."
He’s talking to devout Jews, Jews who love the temple because it’s the place where they go to meet with God. It’s the place where they go to offer sacrifice, to restore their relationship, to be reconciled. And here Jesus is saying, strongly implying it’s Him, that there’s something even better than that in their presence, right now.
And so how is Jesus better than that temple? Well, because in the temple, you could offer a sacrifice and be clean for a while, but then you’d fall again, you’d stumble, you’d become unclean, you would fail.
And you could come to the temple, and you could worship God, but you couldn’t have a relationship with Him. You could only communicate with Him through the priests, through the High Priest.
So Jesus is so much better than that temple. The sacrifice that he made in his person is once and for all. No more sacrifices are needed.
