The temple is a place where we gather and pray. Jesus is the living temple of God, instead he must experience death because of the temple of God
It is a joy in itself when we can see, witness and feel magnificent buildings, beautiful and cool natural scenery, also the face of someone who is beautiful and so on. These are all human facts for which we should be grateful. We are grateful that we are able to enjoy it with the senses we have. Each of us would want everything to be good and beautiful, from our behavior to the behavior of the universe.
This is our reality as human beings who are capable of thinking and acting. But that ability is also often the destroyer of the beauty that is around us. Even one's own beauty is marred by our own thoughts and actions. Humans who are so great and noble have actually become so low because of our own actions.
The temple is a place where we gather and pray. The temple of Allah is our place to meet Allah. In the temple building we express our faith. The temple of God as a magnificent building is indeed needed. But if only the physical building is important, the Temple will only become a place for ordinary gatherings, even a market.
Returning the altar that was made into the market is not an easy action, it even involves a big risk. Jesus, who is the living temple of God, had to experience death because of the temple. Updates often have to go through difficult risks.
The church also needs to continually renew itself, evaluate itself. Because of its convenience and stability, it often happens and it is not easy. Isn't that what happens in parishes? Often a reformer has to face persecution, torture, rejection, and that's where we as Christians are challenged to dare to open up to the thoughts of others or not.
Because of faith, Jesus reminds us to persevere to the end even though we have to face a lot of suffering. The condition is one, we must survive. Not fighting, not dodging, not running but defending. Enduring in His name, we will be given a way.
Let us continually surrender our lives to God's providence. Thus, our life is full of fruits that abound with goodness and truth.
