BIOLA RADIO PROPHECY MESSAGE
by Dr. Ralph L. Keiper, Editorial Research Director, Evangelical Foundation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First of all our Lord said, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will rebuild it.” Hearing this statement the unbelievers thought he was crazy. Here was an edifice of incomparable wealth and majesty. It had taken years to construct and refine. These foolish people could only think of masonry; of bricks and mortar. Our Lord Jesus, however, is talking about raising life from the dead, for the text says “he spake of the temple of his body.” Now in order that this literal, physi cal, historical rising from the dead should not be explained away, He begins with the figure and literalizes it rather than starting with the literal SECURITY Does our security depend On making weapons, without end. On sending speedy satellites Upon their weird, fantastic flights? Must we, at all times, late and soon, Be shooting rockets at the moon? Is there no higher source of power, In this, our Nation's crucial hour? Our motto is, indeed, a ''must.” It's simply this: "In God we trust." — Ralph H. Dumont object and picturizing it. Immediately we must come to One of three conclu sions. Christ was either the greatest religious racketeer, or one of the world’s greatest religious fanatics, or, the only begotten Son of God over Whom death has no power. These are the only three alternatives, from which man has to choose. You see, it is faith which applies the truths of God’s Word to see that He was exactly what He said He was, very God of very God. This is further borne out in the com plete attestation and fulfillment of Scripture in that which was prophesied of Him. John also recites another time when 8
THE POWER OF THE RESURRECTION O ne of the most important aspects of our faith is, “How can we be assured that our Lord Jesus Chnst arose from the dead?” This can be succinctly summarized in the fact that the empty tomb is God’s receipt for Calvary. The Lord Himself declared, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:3). As the Lord speaks to His disciples before the cross the little word “i f ’ raises a very interesting situation. Where will Christ go and how will it be accom plished? I used to think the Lord Jesus, when he said, “If I go,” had in mind His going to heaven. I believed that there He would work on the apartment buildings in preparation for our com ing. But the context itself reveals that Christ was talking about more than His going to heaven. Basically He had in mind His journey to the cross. By His death He would remove the road block so that you and I can go to heav en. Yet the question remains, “How does He come from the tomb to heaven, so that He may come back from there again?” At the very outset of His earthly ministry the Lord had a discussion with the religious leaders of His day. In John 2:18 the question of the resur rection was brought to the fore. He had just cleansed the temple of racketeers. They were furious over His actions and as a result Scripture states, “Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this tem ple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, F o r t y and six years was this temple in build ing, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.”
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