More than a building...

Matthew 24:1-2 Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” The disciples' mouths must have dropped open at these words: the temple represented their whole system of worship. they knew it had been destroyed before, but had they fallen away so far again? Things needed an overhaul - more than cleaning house. What He was about to build was far stronger, much better.