After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered...and they believed the scriptures and the word that Jesus had spoken.
John 2:22
Hindsight is always revealing. Things so often make more sense in retrospect. Thus it was for the disciples. In the verses prior to this, Jesus had forced the merchants, with their animals, and the moneychangers out of the Temple. He was then challenged by the Jewish leaders to provide a miracle to prove he had God's authority for his actions. Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple. I will build it again in three days." Now the temple had been originally built by King Solomon in 959BC; was destroyed by Israel's enemies several centuries later and rebuilt in 516BC. Herod the Great had expanded this second temple over a period of 46 years. The Jewish leaders could not understand how the temple that took 46 years to construct could be rebuilt in 3 days. Jesus, of course, was talking about his body as the temple and his resurrection three days later; a fact so clear now, but so confusing then to the disciples.
Given all the distractions of day-to-day life, it is easy to miss the constant interaction that God shares with us. Many times I have experienced events in my life that, only in hindsight, reveal themselves as "God happenings." And, I remember and believe the word that Jesus has spoken.
Susan Whitehead
