Luke 19:45-46 ” Then He entered the Temple area and began driving out those who were selling. ‘It is written,’ He said to them, ‘My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.’ “

To the people in the Court of Gentiles, Jesus was some crazed man overturning tables and claiming that the Temple was somehow His. To the merchants and money-changers, He was destroying their very profitable commerce of conveniently offering sacrificial animals & and acceptable currency to worshippers who had travelled from a distance. Most only saw Him as a nuisance and annoyance…not connecting what He was saying to Old Testament prophecy. Jesus was in fact carefully fulfilling prophecy from Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Malachi in rebuking those who had turned the Temple into a market…using it for everything other than what it was meant to be.

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A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ. View all posts by kezha1