The Holy Temple

What the Prophets Foretold
Jesus and the Davidic Covenant
Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Habakkuk 2:18-20

The Message

^18-19 “What’s the use of a carved god
    so skillfully carved by its sculptor?
What good is a fancy cast god
    when all it tells is lies?
What sense does it make to be a pious god-maker
    who makes gods that can’t even talk?
Who do you think you are—
    saying to a stick of wood, ‘Wake up,’
Or to a dumb stone, ‘Get up’?
    Can they teach you anything about anything?
There’s nothing to them but surface.
    There’s nothing on the inside.

²⁰ “But oh! God is in his holy Temple!
    Quiet everyone—a holy silence. Listen!”

For Reflection

Making images of gods made the vision of a god concrete.  The crafted gods allowed each person to carry the god around and worship it at will.  If one had many special task gods, a pocket full would not hurt.

What gods do we craft with our own hands?  God of wealth? power? self image? god of status quo? How about the holy god of being right?

Our God is not made by human hand or mind for that matter.  Our God is not a figment of our attempts to explain the inexplicable.  Our God is real and dwells in our souls.  Our bodes are holy temples.  Be quiet and listen in holy silence. God talks!

Pray

Sit silently and meditate on the God who lives in you. Listen. God speaks.