When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."
In this lesson, Jesus defined the wicked leadership of Israel as an "unclean spirit".
He went on to explain how that after the completion of His upcoming sacrificial ordeal, (His death, burial, and resurrection.) and after the Holy Spirit had fallen upon His Church, the "unclean spirits" (The leadership of the Jews.) would be removed from the comfortable "house" they had before so wickedly controlled. That "house" would be made "empty, swept, and garnished." (Replaced by His Church)
He went on to explain how that after the completion of His upcoming sacrificial ordeal, (His death, burial, and resurrection.) and after the Holy Spirit had fallen upon His Church, the "unclean spirits" (The leadership of the Jews.) would be removed from the comfortable "house" they had before so wickedly controlled. That "house" would be made "empty, swept, and garnished." (Replaced by His Church)
Jesus confirmed this when He said, "Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."
There are many today who still defend the nation of Israel, and thereby Judaism, because the Jews, before the coming of Christ, were exclusively God's chosen people. However, as was demonstrated in yesterday's lesson, by the coming of Jesus Christ, the "axe" was laid to the root of the "chosen" status of the Jews.
The Jews held exclusive access to the grace of God before the coming of Christ, but today, after He "swept clean" their "house", all those who place their faith in Jesus Christ, share access to God's loving grace.~
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