When Jesus said he could destroy the temple and rebuild it again in three days, without human hands, it is often asserted by Christians that he was talking about himself. The Christian, however, ignores how the tomb he was buried in is likewise a version of that same temple.
The significance of Jesus exiting the tomb is that it reverses the imprisoning of God in a temple by Solomon. In doing so, Solomon had sealed the God of Israel - a God who was unique among the ancient gods in not being housed in any sort of temple - in what amounted to an elaborate man made sarcophagus.
It was this imprisonment of God by Solomon at David’s behest, which David did for no other reason than that he wanted to secure dynastic rule for himself and his family alone, that was the great “original sin” that broke both the first commandment and the old covenant.
In a sense, David’s desire to build a temple was like capturing lightning in a Lyden Jar, which would allow him - given the fact that the temples were the banks of that time - to corner the market as much on god as money changing. David, in this respect, is the archetype for the property gospel.
The gates of heaven were closed, then, not to keep people out, but to keep God in a shoe box that operated as a piggy bank. And all those who make money by selling religion are not following in the footsteps of Jesus, who sought only to return power back to people, but treating God like a doormat, by following in the footsteps of David, who only ever sought to draw power unto himself.
The significance of Jesus exiting the tomb is that it reverses the imprisoning of God in a temple by Solomon. In doing so, Solomon had sealed the God of Israel - a God who was unique among the ancient gods in not being housed in any sort of temple - in what amounted to an elaborate man made sarcophagus.
It was this imprisonment of God by Solomon at David’s behest, which David did for no other reason than that he wanted to secure dynastic rule for himself and his family alone, that was the great “original sin” that broke both the first commandment and the old covenant.
In a sense, David’s desire to build a temple was like capturing lightning in a Lyden Jar, which would allow him - given the fact that the temples were the banks of that time - to corner the market as much on god as money changing. David, in this respect, is the archetype for the property gospel.
The gates of heaven were closed, then, not to keep people out, but to keep God in a shoe box that operated as a piggy bank. And all those who make money by selling religion are not following in the footsteps of Jesus, who sought only to return power back to people, but treating God like a doormat, by following in the footsteps of David, who only ever sought to draw power unto himself.
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