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Thursday, August 27, 2026
Army of Prayer & Rosary/ We are praying for you Nepal / My love for you will never be shaken/John Ch.2 V 19 Jesus turns over tables
Today is Thurs. "Army of Prayer & Rosary."🌹
May you go to "Days of the Week Music."🎶
you will find Thursdays between the Crosses➕➕➕
your Click will be your lit candle🕯
Together we will go forward in The Army of God ⛨
from home to home💟and place to place.
May God Bless Each and Every one of You➕
COME ALIVE ' LET US SEE AN ARMY RISE (song)+++
Our Lord knows us and is blessings us💜💜
May our Lord wrap all our prayers and concerns
in His Sacred Heart 💞
Blessings in Christ love,
Lori foster
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We are praying for you Nepal China ➕
May Our Lord help you all in this catastrophic
flash flood.
May He lift your city and villages up unto himself🙏💞
KEEP ON FINDING MORE, by John Allan
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Days of the Week Music🎜🎝 Note: I added a song
called "Come Alive" in message above!
Massive Water Wall in Nepal China Border
Massive Flash Flood hits Nepal China Border
My love for you will never be shaken
John Ch:2 V-19 Jesus turns over tables
Jesus of Nazareth ' don't be afraid
Gregorian Chants / Resurrection of Jesus Christ➕
Note: you can find this post of the tragic flooding in Nepal
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
John Ch:2 V-19 Jesus turns over tables
John 2:19 "Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it
again in three days."
CONTEXT in John 2
This verse comes right after Jesus cleanses the temple in Jerusalem during
the Passover (John Ch.2 13-18). The Jewish leaders, seeing Him drive out money
John Ch:2 V-19 hangers and animals, challenge Him to show a sign of His authority. Jesus
responds with a statement that, on the surface, sounds like a claim to rebuild
the physical temple in just three days--- an impossible feat given that the Jerusalem
Temple had taken nearly 50 years to build.
MEANING AND INTERPRETATION
According to John's Gospel, Jesus' "temple" was not the physical building but
HIS OWN BODY. This is prophetic declaration of His death and resurrection.
"Destory this temple" ---refers to His crucifixion, when his body would be
taken down.
"Raise it again in three days"----points to His resurrection three days later.
The disciples did not immediately understand this. As John Ch:2 V 21-22 explains,
they only recognize the meaning after Jesus had been raised from the dead.
This verse is one of the clearest New Testament links between Jesus' death,
resurrection, and His divine identity.
DESTROY THIS TEMPLE, AND IN THREE DAYS."John 2:19
You can almost hear the silence ripple through the crowd. Just seconds before,
the air cracked with the sound of a whip and the chaotic clatter of coins hitting
the stone pavement. Animals bellowed, merchants shouted over overturning tables,
and the religious elite stood there, jaws on the floor.
Jesus had just cleared the temple courts, disrupting the lucrative Passover business
with holy vengeance that nobody saw coming
When the dust finally settled, the Jewish leaders didn't arrest Him. Not yet; instead,
they demanded a sign. They wanted credentials. They wanted to know who gave
this carpenter from Nazareth the authority to wreck their commerce and interrupt
their worship.
Jesus didn't pull out a scroll. He didn't call down fire from the sky. Instead, He looked
them dead in the eye and dropped a riddle that would haunt them all the way to His
trial; "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
Understanding the John 2:19 meaning requires us to stop looking at the bricks and
mortar. We have to look at the architecture of God's plan. This wasn't a threat
against a building it was a prophecy about a body. It creates a definitive line in the
sand of history where he dwelling place of God shifted from a location on a map
to a Person. ➕
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Note: you can find Jesus Turns Over Tables