Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

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