John 2:18-22 The Word was made flesh and He dwelt among man

God knew from the beginning of creation those who would believe and accept Jesus, the Messiah, as their Lord and King. Every person born has access to salvation and with one touch from Jesus Christ they will be changed. 

We choose who we will spend eternity with. 

With our testimony, in the power of Holy Spirit, we spread the Good News.

Life is in the blood. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. Jesus, willingly, gave up His sinless  life in propitiation for ours.

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

How strange we are in the world!
Only one response can maintain us:
gratefulness for the gift of our unearned chance to serve, to wonder, to love life and each other.
It is gratefulness which makes our small souls great.
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

John 2:18-22

18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” 19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said. 23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man. The New King James Version

The Jews apparently refers to the religious authorities of Israel, who also understood that Jesus was representing Himself as the Messiah; therefore, they asked for a sign. 

Jesus was not talking about the physical building; He was referring to His body, as John emphasizes in verse 21. Jesus was speaking of His death. 

“I will raise it up” note that Jesus did not say, “I will build it again.” He was referring to His resurrection, three days after His death. The sign Jesus gave the Jews was the sign of His death and resurrection. 

Herod the Great began restoring the temple in 20 b.c. The work was not finished at the time of this conversation. In fact, it was not completed until around a.d. 64, under Herod Agrippa. 

The disciples understood that Jesus was the Messiah but they did not understand that He was speaking of the resurrection of His body until it actually happened. 

John’s purpose in recording Jesus’ miracles was for people to believe and have eternal life. The NKJV Study Bible

As they had with John the Baptist, the religious leaders want Jesus to justify His actions.

The use of misunderstanding is a prominent part of John’s style. He regularly records Jesus’ hearers misunderstanding His sayings.  Faithlife Study Bible

Matthew 26:61 and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”

Matthew 27:40 and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Mark 14:58 “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”

Mark 15:29 And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,