Death and Resurrection

Jesus had said to the Pharisees of His day “destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” They thought He was talking about the temple in Jerusalem but He was talking about His body His death on the cross and His resurrection 3 days later. Even as Jesus raised up His own body (Temple) He will also raise us up in these last days! He is now helping us to get firmly planted on the Rock, which is the only sure FOUNDATION of the TEMPLE. The Temple is not yet completed but in these last days He will complete the Building the Temple. He said I will build my Church (Building) Temple) and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. Except the Lord builds the House (Temple) they that labor labor in vain that build it. When restoring the Temple in Jerusalem the angel that spoke to Zechariah saying “It’s not by might nor by power but by My Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts.” There first needs to be a complete death to self-life before we can be completely raised up even as our Lord Jesus was raised up. The question remains am I willing to die to self fully 100% that I might be fully resurrected? Like Paul said, “ That I might attaint to the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I have already attained but this one thing I do. Forgetting those things, which are behind. I press toward the mark for the prize of the High calling of God in Christ Jesus. Complete death to self-life is the only way to have a perfect foundation for the temple to not be prevailed against. When we die to self 100% then and only then will we have the foundation, which is Christ under us. Paul said, “ I have laid the foundation which is Christ.” Christ is the foundation but only to the degree that we allow Him to be. The wise man dug deep and built his house upon the rock. Once we have Christ 100% as our foundation 100% then and only then can the Lord build or resurrect us to His full stature and glorified body. No death! No resurrection! Without a foundation there will be no temple. To the measure that we die to self is to the measure we will be raised up. He promised to the measure and to the stature of the FULLNESS of Christ! We must continue to die to self-daily by taking up our cross even as our Lord did. There is coming a place in our lives when we will fully be crucified and surrender to the work of the cross in our lives. No surrender no Redemption of the purchased possession. Even as the Lord surrendered His life to the cross we must also fully surrender our lives as well. The Scripture reads “and when He was come to the PLACE which was called Calvary there they crucified Him.” We need to come to the PLACE as well which for us is the Placing of sons. He went to Calvary so we could be like Him and overcome the world even as He overcame and is set down with His Father in Heaven. Even as Jesus demonstrated obedience unto death so we as believers must also become obedient unto the Death of the cross. Then we shall be resurrected and raised up to the FULLNESS and STATURE OF CHRIST. No more children but sons. His ultimate plan of the ages with be fulfilled in bringing many sons to Glory like His own son. So many will fall short of His Glory but He made provision for many not few. Jesus said few there would be that would find the way that leads to life because narrow is the way and straight is the gate that leads to life. His plan was that he would have “many sons” like His own son.