“If the Christians continue to desert Jesus Christ in His temple, will not the Heavenly Father take away from them His well-beloved Son Whom they neglect?” IfsWellsChristianFatherJesusChristSonJesus ChristDesertBelovedTemplesHeavenlyNeglectSacramentsHeavenly FatherBeloved Son Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances.” IfsMenWorldYearsHas BeensSoulJesusHalfCenturyRevolutionCircumstancesArmyPreparedGreat MenTemplesFollowersIdolsFifteenMosesMuhammadPaganFifteen YearsKnocked DownFalse Gods Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The most extraordinary of all the things called miracles, related in the New Testament, is that of the devil flying away with Jesus Christ, and carrying him to the top of a high mountain; and to the top of the highest pinnacle of the temple, and showing him and promising to him all the kingdoms of the world . How happened it that he did not discover America? or is it only with kingdoms that his sooty highness has any interest.” WorldAmericaJesusInterestChristHappenedMountainHighestDevilJesus ChristMiracleExtraordinaryFlyingKingdomsRelatedTemplesTestamentNew TestamentFly AwayPinnacleHighness Book:The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar Source: The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar
“If the Church would have her face shine, she must go up into the mount, and be alone with God. If she would have her courts of worship resound with eucharistic praises, she must open her eyes, and see humanity lying lame at the temple gates, and heal it in the miraculous name of Jesus.” IfsEyeFacesLyingHumanityJesusNamesChurchWorshipPraiseCourtShiningHealTemplesGatesHer EyesMiraculousLameEucharisticAlone With God Author:Frederic Dan Huntington
“And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple.” ThinkingSelfGovernmentJesusTemplesBankersBonusObscene Author:Maureen Dowd
“In one of the accounts of Jesus's death we read that the curtain in the temple of God-the one that kept people out of the holiest place of God's presence-ripped.One New Testament writer said that this ripping was a picture of how, because of Jesus, we can have new, direct access to God.A beautiful idea.But the curtain ripping also means that God comes out, that God is no longer confined to the temple as God was previously.” PeopleMeanSaidIdeasBeautifulJesusDirectAccountsAccessTemplesTestamentCurtainsConfinedNew TestamentRippedGod's Presence Author:Rob Bell
“Jesus defied all of these rules. He taught in the outer courts of the Temple so women could join the audience.” JesusAudienceTaughtCourtTemples Author:Danny Silk
“The last image created in verse four of this hymn, ["Come, O Thou Glorious King"] that of the promised Messiah coming into his temple, seems appropriate for the day when Jesus was in the Jerusalem temple, teaching and establishing his authority. As with the Triumphal Entry, his actions then seem but a foretaste of even greater fulfillment when he comes again in glory. Just as the early Latter-day Saints were reassured by the promised return of the Savior, so we too can look forward with faith to his return as King.” LooksSeemsActionLastsJesusGreaterFourTeachingReturnKingsAuthorityGlorySaintFulfillmentGloriousAppropriateLatterTemplesSaviorVersesEntryMessiahJerusalemHymnsLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:Eric D. Huntsman