Mark 13-16

As Jesus was leaving the place of the last supper his thoughts must have been consummed with questions about the next 20 hours; the last day of his physical life. On their way to the place of prayer they passed by the tample complex. Jesus might spend part of his time in prayer looking over the place where David had first offered a sacrifice on the ancient threshing floor. Herod's temple was a testament to contemporary architecture. At one of his followers was overwhelmed with its magnifcance on this fesative night. "What a wonderful place." I picture Jesus stopping and looking at the majestic building. Pondering the time he spent there as a young man of 12. The he received a picture of what Rome would do the attempted second Macabeeian rebellion. With a lump in his throat and sorrow in his voice Jesus slowly shared the future with those followers, "Not a single stone here will be left in its place." Jesus turned away from the old edifice that Herod remodled and began to look forward to the next temple he would enter; the eternal  heavenly temple.
Stuart