27 August 2014 –
Jesus in the Temple – Part Seven – Manna by Dorothy Callies
Psalm 69:9 “My
strong love for your Temple completely controls me. When people insult you
(God), it hurts me.” Luke 19:47 “And He taught daily in the temple …”
Reading from NCV
John 2:13-17 “When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast, Jesus went
to Jerusalem. 14) In the Temple He found people selling cattle, sheep, and
doves. He saw others sitting at tables, exchanging different kinds of money.
15) Jesus made a whip out of cords and forced all of the, both the sheep and
cattle, to leave the Temple. He turned over the tables and scattered the money
of those who were exchanging it. 16) Then he said to those who were selling
pigeons, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place
for buying and selling!” 17) When this happened, the followers remembered what
was written in the Scriptures: “My strong love for your Temple completely
controls me.” (Ps. 69:9)
Reading from KJV
Matthew 21:12-13 “And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them
that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the
money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves. 13) And said to them,
“It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made
it a den of thieves.”
*Jeremiah 7:11
“Is this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your
eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.” Isaiah 56:7 “… mine house
shall be called an house of prayer for all people.” Jesus cited this verse when
He drove the moneychangers out of God’s temple.
Mark 11:17 “And
he taught, saying unto the, “Is it not written, My house shall be called of all
nations the house of prayer? But ye have made it a den of thieves.” *Jesus
makes clear that God’s house was meant to be a “house of prayer,” a place where
God’s people could meet with Him in spiritual devotion, prayer, and worship. It
must not therefore be profaned by making it the means of social advancement,
money gain, entertainment, or showmanship. Whenever God’s house is so used by
worldly-minded people, it once again becomes “a den of thieves.”
*The cleansing
of the temple was the first great public act of Jesus’ ministry (John 2:13-22) and
the last great public act of His ministry (Mat.
21:12-17; Mark 11:15-17). In blazing
anger, He drove from God’s house the ungodly, the greedy, and those who were
destroying its true spiritual purpose. Jesus’ double cleansing of the temple
during His three-year ministry shows how important the spiritual lessons are to
be learned.
*Sincere love
for God and His redemptive purpose among mankind will result in a consuming
“zeal” for the righteousness of God’s house and kingdom (John 2:17).
That is, true Christ-likeness includes intolerance towards unrighteousness
within the church. [*Some of the
footnote came from The Full Life Study Bible]
What does this
means to me personally? Awesome! I was so overwhelmed with His presence and His
Word to see the whole picture from the Old Testament to Jesus’ time how He taught daily
in the Temple, His favorite place to teach from. And yet there’s more so it is to be continued.
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