Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

heart of man no longer revealed the glory of the
divine one. But by the incarnation of the Son of
God, the purpose of Heaven is fulfilled. God
dwells in humanity, and through saving grace the
heart of man becomes again His temple. . . . In
cleansing the temple from the world's buyers and
sellers, Jesus announced His mission to cleanse the
heart from the defilement of sin.
Had man not agreed to sin, there would have
been no need for a temple in the days of Israel.
Man as he was created would have continued to be
the temple of God and the communion would never
have been broken. There would have been no need
for a mediator. With special force this tells us who
have the sanctuary/judgment truth, that when the
"heart of man becomes again His temple," the need
for a mediator will cease. Substitution will be at an
end for substitution and perfection cannot tolerate
each other. The confrontation with "self" in the
light of the cross will have removed the excuse to
kill God. The depravity of the human heart will be
exposed and man will be willing to take his place
on the cross with Christ. It was the removal of the
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