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Mt 21:12-14
1. Cleaning
Jesus had opened His ministry with a similar act (John 2:13–25).
Now, three years later, the temple was defiled again by the “religious business” of the leaders.
They had turned the court of the Gentiles into a place where foreign Jews could exchange money and purchase sacrifices.
What had begun as a service and convenience for visitors from other lands soon turned into a lucrative business.
The dealers charged exorbitant prices and no one could compete with them or oppose them.
Historians tell us that Annas, the former high priest, was the manager of this enterprise, assisted by his sons.
Why was Jesus Upset?
The purpose of the court of the Gentiles in the temple was to give the “outcasts” an opportunity to enter the temple and learn from Israel about the true God.
But the presence of this “religious market” turned many sensitive Gentiles away from the witness of Israel.
The court of the Gentiles was used for mercenary business, not missionary business.
2. Changing Traditions
Who could have expected this sight?
The Messiah, having been led in apparent triumph into the city, enters the temple, arousing expectations of pro-Jewish, nationalist action against Rome.
Instead, his attack threatens the sacrificial, worship center of Judaism itself.
This temple was tragically trapped in tradition.
(Jeffrey Johnson)
Jesus comes in and changes what they were comfortable with and what they counted on
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3. Clarifying Purpose
When Jesus called the temple “My house,” He was affirming that He is God.
When He called it “My house of prayer,” He was quoting Isaiah 56:7.
The phrase “den of robbers” comes from Jeremiah 7:11 and is part of a long sermon that Jeremiah delivered in the gate of the temple, rebuking the people for the same sins that Jesus saw and judged in His day.
Why did Jesus call the temple “a den of thieves”?
Because the place where thieves hide is called a den.
The religious leaders, and some of the people, were using the temple and the Jewish religion to cover up their sins.
Prayer
The blind and the lepers start coming into church and getting healed.
Don’t you want to be apart of something like this?
4. Concern for the helpless
5.Children are Central
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