24 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down (Matthew 24:1-2).
Jesus was not trying to be morbid in this passage but rather to point out that He knew the future and wanted His disciples to recognize that they should keep their eyes on God and not any man-made structure. The Roman Armies destroyed the physical Temple about 40 years later. The Temple was clearly important to the people of Israel in the worship of God. But they had become entrenched in traditions and in many cases were no longer truly worshiping God.
Jesus was not trying to be morbid in this passage but rather to point out that He knew the future and wanted His disciples to recognize that they should keep their eyes on God and not any man-made structure. The Roman Armies destroyed the physical Temple about 40 years later. The Temple was clearly important to the people of Israel in the worship of God. But they had become entrenched in traditions and in many cases were no longer truly worshiping God.
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