Disciples remember Old Testament scripture to verify Christ’s actions: Today, we see the “scarlet cord” pointing to Jesus Christ

John 2:17

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 “Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has consumed Me.” John 2:17 

The scripture which the disciples remembered is written in Psalms 69:9a. “Because zeal for Your house has consumed me…” The disciples of Jesus were so much different than the 99% of the Jewish population for one very important reason, they saw the Old Testament scriptures pointing to Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior.

The reference to Jesus in the Old Testament is known as the “scarlet cord” which runs from Genesis 1:1 throughout the entire Bible. As followers of Jesus Christ, we know the “scarlet cord” points to the Cross where He shed His blood to make atonement for sin. By recognizing the “scarlet cord” in the Old Testament, we can see how the Old and New Testament are just one Bible. Receiving Jesus Christ for the remission of sin opens our eyes to see how the Old Testament is a reference to God’s plan to send His Son as the sacrificial Lamb. For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

Today, we know the House of God is our body as the Temple of the Holy Spirit because we believe in the Lord Jesus. By the remission of sin, He gives to us the Holy Spirit. Judgment comes to today’s culture, which is global, because they choose to give themselves to the beast that gives them what to say, do, think, and feel. The beast sits within the temple of God, our body, as if is God, and is the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click for a post on that. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1