The temple (church) for many is where Jesus supposedly began his mission, kingdom ministry, at the age of twelve. Luke 2:46-47-49 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. “Why were you searching for me?” Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” NIV

How ironic that where he started off was the most conflicted to who he truly was and is responsible for his crucifixion. The very ones who was amazed at his understanding and answers as a youth. Why? He was a threat because of his wisdom, understanding and the miracles he was doing. As child he was not so much as a threat even thou he grew and became strong; filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him, Luke 2:40. But once he became a man and continued to grow even stronger, filled with greater wisdom, knowledge and understanding and the grace of God fully over shadow him which made him far more intelligence, enabling him to call them out for their wrongdoing, they resented him. Maybe even because he didn’t chose to be hanging around with them instead of with what they considered sinners, and his twelve disciples.

Jesus was angry at the Jews for allowing the people to sell cattle, sheep and doves and sitting at the tables exchanging money. To those who sold doves he said, “ get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” John 2:13-16 For this reason a lot of people dislike going to church where the first thing, the preacher wants or asks for money, (offering). Jesus first allows us to understand our bodies is the temple when he said to the Jew when asked to prove his authority as to why he cast the people out of the temple for selling and money exchanging. John 2:19-21Jesus answered them by saying, “destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days.” The temple he had spoken of was his body and they believed it was the building that took forty-six years to build. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

The temple (church) is the word of God and we try to change His word to suit ourselves. So much more our flesh tries dominate the working of the spirit (breath)of God within us. The salvation of the Lord through Jesus life and death became the renewing of both the church(word) and man (the manifestation of his word).

As it was in the beginning so shall it be in end. In the beginning God’s word came to life when He said, “let it be“ and it was like magic, things appeared. But yet when it came to us (man) He molded us with His hands. We just didn’t appear. But His breath within us is like magic to enable us to be. We then became a living being. Revelation 1 started off with prophecy to the seven churches. Indicating the importance of God’s temple (church). His spirit! His word! No building can hold God in it, but the parts of him, like the Holy Spirit, angel and humanity. The building is where we gather together and the part of him within us reflects back to him in our worship, praise and unity. When we shine so brightly in our worship, praise and unity, God meet us where we are because we are lifted up in the spirit to where He’s at, and we become one.

Jesus asked his disciples, “who do people say the son of Man Is?” And Peter answered, “you are the Messiah, the son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “ blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Matthew 16:13-18 It was the spirit of God that reveal to Peter the truth of who Jesus was. I felt the joy in Jesus response to what Peter replied to him. It seemed like whatever Jesus was working on to get through to his disciples finally took its grasp on Peter. Jesus finally awaken the breath of God according to how it was meant to be in the beginning for our well-being before Adam and Eve had sinned.

The church (temple) has to be God’s truth and righteousness not according to what we believe it might be or want it to be for our own purpose. The enemy tried to take control, the same control as in the garden of Eden. Jesus life and death is our salvation to the change that has taken place in all humanity, if only we’d all just believe, have faith! We are waiting on what has already been done.