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\"institution<\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019 attitude toward the Temple was not \u201cthis institution needs reforming,\u201d nor \u201cthe wrong people are running this place,\u201d nor yet \u201cpiety can function elsewhere too.\u201d His deepest belief regarding the Temple was eschatological: the time had come for God to judge the entire institution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014N. T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus<\/em><\/a>, p. 64.<\/p>\n

I wonder what Jesus would say about the church institution?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to NT Wright, the attitude of Jesus toward the temple institution was that it must be judged. 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