Olaniyi Olanrewaju

Matthew 24:1-2 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not [one] stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down." The destruction of the temple which signifies the destruction of the patterns and ideas we use to serve God will not affect ministries alone, but individual christians will also feel the heat of the shaking. The destruction of the temple signifies the building of another. The temple is built using stones that have been chiseled into the shape and size needed for it to fit perfectly into its place in the building. When the construction of the temple built by Solomon was going on, bible records in that there was not a single hammering that took place at the temple site. Every stone has been cut into shape before it arrived at the temple site where it was simply fitted into it rightful po...

Matthew 24:1-2 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not [one] stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down." Matthew 24 is one of the profound chapters in the gospels that gives an account of what to expect in the last days. The chapter also explains the arrangement of events that will lead to the close of this age. The chapter begins with the disciples of Jesus admiring the temple in Jerusalem, but to their surprise, Jesus told them that the temple would be destroyed so much that one stone will not be placed on another. To a Jew, this is a very offensive statement because they consider their temple a sacred building where God dwells. What they did not know is that Jesus was not just referring to the physical temple, but what referring to Himself. 70 years later, the temple was truly destroye...

In my last post about altars , I shared how that an altar is the junction point between the physical and the spiritual realm. If you want to effect a change in the spiritual realm, you will need the services of an altar. Altars have an ability to 'speak' into the spiritual and how loud the voice of an altar is depends on the spiritual stature of the sacrifice on it. The functional part of an altar is the sacrifice. An altar without a sacrifice cannot make an impact in the realm of the spirit. In the old testament, sacrifices are offered on altars and the incense rising from it is regarded as a sweet smelling savour to God. Which means that it is the incense rising from an altar that actually reaches out to the realm of the spirit. These types and shadows paint the realities of the new testament believer. The new testament believer is built as a spiritual altar that can reach out to God and where God can be felt. We are built as living stones fit together to form a temple. The t...