The Temple’s Destruction
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The Temple’s Destruction

Luke 21:5  (ID: 2312)

In Christ’s day, the temple in Jerusalem was a breathtakingly beautiful building—grand, ornate, and at the very center of Jewish religious life. Imagine the shock, then, when Jesus declared that the temple would soon be destroyed! As Alistair Begg demonstrates, though, this announcement was far from terrible news: just as the beauty of the temple pointed to a greater spiritual reality, so would its destruction usher in an era in which Christ’s followers would worship in spirit and truth.

Series Containing This Sermon

A Study in Luke, Volume 11

The Son of Man Is Coming Luke 19:28–21:38 Series ID: 14211


Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

5And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,

Copyright © 2024, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.

Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.