The Question of the Temple (Mark 11:12-19)

• The Temple was meant to be the place of

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  and
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  . ^{(1 Kings 8:27-53)}
  

• Israel’s leaders used it as a place of

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  and
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  . ^{(Jeremiah 7:1-11)}
  

• Jesus was supposed to

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  his temple and
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  its priests. ^{(Malachi 3:1-5, Isaiah 56:1-7)}
  

The Answer of the Fig Tree (Mark 11:20-25)

• God works through faithful

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  , not fancy
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  . ^{(v. 22-23)}
  

• God’s people can trust that the

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  will
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  , even while they are
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  . ^{(v. 24)}
  

• Our job is to do the work of the temple—

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  and
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  . ^{(v. 25; Ephesians 2:14-22, 1 Peter 2:4-10)}