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Monologue: Jesus and the temple
Massive!
Who knows how heavy those stones would be. Piled one on top of another, towering over our heads. I tried to imagine what Goliath could have built this temple. It really was a feat of engineering.
And then he stops, a boulder twice his height at his back.
'Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.'
Joking, of course!
Jesus had a sense of humour you know? He roared with laughter at that camel and needle-eye joke. Sharp humour, if you'll forgive the pun?
But now he was serious! Really serious!
Later he spoke of the temple being torn down and re-built in three days.
He loved riddles!
And then he was digressing, as though he was thinking aloud.
Continues...
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 23/10/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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