It Happened at the Temple - Part 3
The Glory Departs
It Happened at the Temple - Pt 3 - The Temple was always just a building. God’s presence was what made it important. But God’s people thought the building itself was what gave them power. They assumed that because God made His home in Jerusalem, they would always be safe, and didn’t need to repent. Jeremiah and the other prophets tried in vain to help them see that making a mockery of God’s grace has consequences.
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If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
When our bond with God was severed by our sin, He didn’t give up on us. He made a second Eden, a place for us to meet with Him and be redeemed. That place was the Temple, and the events that happened there teach us about a God who is mighty to save, the cost of our sin, and His plans for us.
