Friday, February 2, 2018

Caring for the Temple (the ‘Holy House’) of the World

Morning: Psalms 42, 43; I Samuel 2:1-10; John 8:31-46 
Evening: Psalms 48, 87; Haggai 2:1-9; John 3:1-8

Solomon built the Jerusalem Temple, the ‘Holy House’, in 957BCE.  In 520 BCE, it was in ruins, and Haggai called the people to rebuild it.  Herod rebuilt it again in the time of Jesus. The Temple was where you encountered God; Jesus’ parents took him there.  But the Romans destroyed it finally in 70AD; it was never rebuilt.  Does it help to think of the world now as the ‘Holy House’?  Economics (oikonomia in Greek) means caring for the house (oikos).  Human economics is ruining the ‘holy house’ of the world. Haggai would call us to quit and start rebuilding.
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