Section 9
the Giver of life, He could lay down His life and take it up again. He could walk into death and walk out again. The Lord seemed to be saying, "In a sense, it is you who kill Me. But in My sense, it is I who walk into death, take a tour of it, and walk out again." Each year many tourists come to Washington, D.C., and look at the White House. Likewise, the Lord Jesus took a tour of the region of death and visited the Black House. The Lord seemed to be saying, "Black House, I have come to have a look at you and to see what you can do. Can you do anything with Me? Since you can do nothing with Me, after My tour I will bid you farewell and return to life again." This is the res urrection in the Gospel of John. The Lord Jesus laid Himself down and raised Himself up again.
THE BODY OF JESUS DESTROYED ON THE CROSS
The physical body of Jesus was destroyed on the cross by the Jews. When Christ became flesh, He took on a physical body. In John 1:14 we are told clearly that His physical body was a taber nacle. According to chapter 2 of John, His physi cal body was also the temple. I wish to point out that throughout the New Testament, the temple of God does not denote a place; it denotes a person.