Mark 13:1-2 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!… "What manner of stones, and what buildings are here!" An outburst of admiration this. The stones were indeed beautiful. That sacred building was constructed of prodigious blocks of white marble, some of which seem to have been upwards of thirty feet long, eighteen broad, and sixteen thick. They did not view the temple in the light in which Christ viewed it. It is worthy of note that Christ, in His discourse, speaks in a very different spirit of doomed things to what He does of doomed people. Mind was infinitely more interesting to Him than masonry. When He refers to the temple He says, "As for these things" with an air of comparative indifference; but when He refers to doomed people He weeps, and says, "O Jerusalem," etc. The language of Christ and His disciples here will apply — I. TO SECULAR INTERESTS, WHICH ARE DOOMED THINGS. Markets, governments, navies, and armies are doomed. II. TO ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS, WHICH ARE DOOMED THINGS. III. TO SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS, WHICH ARE DOOMED THINGS. IV. TO RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS, WHICH ARE DOOMED THINGS. V. TO THE WORLD ITSELF, WHICH IS A DOOMED THING. Why set your hearts on doomed things? (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! |
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