Matthew 24-25

Reading for Saturday October 12, 2019
​Matthew 24-25

Matthew 24: 1-3
Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple.  But he answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."  As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?"

Jesus reminds the disciples to look beyond the bricks.  The temple had become the faith itself for many Jews.  Adherence to the rites of the temple were equated with the law.  Jesus intended to fulfill the law.  To this day the devout pray at the remnants of the temple.  

Meanwhile...In another part of the Bible

Act 7: 45-50
So it was until the days of David, who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.[1] 47  But it was Solomon who built a house for him.  Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,  "'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?   Did not my hand make all these things?'