Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short
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Chapter 6<br />
What Is <strong>the</strong> "True Tabernacle"<br />
Christ continually faced <strong>the</strong> problem of<br />
speaking to people who had ears but did not hear.<br />
Even His disciples, as well as <strong>the</strong> scribes and<br />
Pharisees, failed to comprehend new truths<br />
presented to <strong>the</strong>m. It was, He said, like trying to<br />
put "new cloth unto an old garment," or "new wine<br />
into old bottles," it was not easily accomplished<br />
(Mat<strong>the</strong>w 9:16, 17).<br />
We can understand this problem if we pay<br />
attention to what Jesus said: "Destroy this temple,<br />
and in three days I will raise it up" (John 2:19). The<br />
Jews had never heard such bold presumption—a<br />
building that had taken forty-six years to build was<br />
to be constructed by this Carpenter in three days;<br />
"but he spake of <strong>the</strong> temple of his body" (Verse<br />
11). It was not until after He had risen that <strong>the</strong><br />
disciples came to understand. What this means to<br />
<strong>the</strong> remnant church remains to be fully understood.<br />
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