How does it feel to be the Lord of all the Universe who came in love to redeem the world, suffered the pain of betrayal, saw all His friends desert him, undergo the injustice of a sham trial, endure the agony of the most torturous death devised by the Romans, and then see those who orchestrated it all to insult you as you died?
No one but God could shoulder such a burden and offer the opportunity of redemption to mankind- even those that plotted against his death.
When I read today's reading, I was really encouraged. Jesus is the new temple who exists as a way for all of us to become closer to God. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the whole redemptive process is one that really leaves me in awe.
Who could have figured that Jesus would be the "focus of the new messianic community." If He was the new temple, then the claim would also be that He is also God Himself. Imagine the outrage and shock from the established socio-religious community at the time.
Yet Jesus did not come to merely shake things up for the sake of being a radical. His actions and words are often referred to as radical only because He actually showed how humans were meant to live without sin, love others, and glorify God. He showed us our creation purpose before the great fall.
Jesus came because he loved us and to save us. He came to become the new temple so that we could draw nearer to him. Even though we may have heard it a thousand times, it should never get old whenever we do. Instead, the opposite should happen. It should renew us every time and help us draw closer in communion to Jesus.
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