In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
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… In Jesus' name, amen. John chapter 2, verses 13 through 17. The Passover of the Jews was at hand and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple, he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons and the money changers sitting there and making a whip of cords. He drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, take these things away. Do not make my father's house a house of trade. His disciples remembered that it was written, zeal for your house will consume me. Clearly, Jesus was not happy with what was taking place in the temple. Of all the amazing things Jesus did, though this is not a miracle as miracles are understood, it is one of the most surprising stories of Jesus' ministry. Almost seems out of character until we understand that it is completely in keeping with His concern for the worship of God, the glory of God, and that he might be the central place in all true faith and religion. He's not happy with what the temple has become, the animals, the commerce, the money changers. As we'll see, it isn't so much that someone might have, say, a book nook. …
… and Jesus went up to Jerusalem and he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves and the money changers doing business. And when he had made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and the oxen and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. And he said to those who sold doves, watch this, take these things away. Do not make my father's house a house of merchandise. Now, if they knew their Bibles, they would have known. He's quoting the Old Testament. That should have sent fear up their spine. Then his disciples remembered that it was written, the zeal of your house has eaten me up. Absolutely stunning. Jesus quotes the Bible. He acts out the Bible. Why? Because at his first coming, he's fulfilling Bible prophecy. And the same will be true for the nation of Israel, for Jerusalem in the great second coming. Malachi chapter three, verse one. Malachi three, one. …
… what's he say? He was talking about the temple of his body, that he is the true, he's the fulfillment of the temple. And here's a little kind of a side note, which I think is just absolutely fascinating. Remember, Ezekiel saw this vision of the temple from the right side of the temple flowed this water that gave life to everything, abundance, saved the world. You know, in virtually every depiction of Jesus on the cross, when he's pierced by that soldier's lance he's pierced on the right side and so we know this we know that from jesus that when the soldier pierced him what flowed out flowed out blood and water which is the sign of what is a sign of the eucharist and a sign of baptism and the recognition of like this is just incredibly incredible incredible jesus is meant to be the new temple and jesus is right that place where god's presence would abide and a place that God would save the world. …
… in John chapter 2, in verse 13, we're told this. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts, he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle. He scattered the coins of the money changers, and he overturned their tables. To those who sold, he said, get out of here. How dare you turn my father's house into a market? And his disciples remembered that it was written, zeal for your house consumes me. Now, there's a lot of bad news in here, and I'm the one to break it to you. Here is Jesus, loving Jesus, meek and mild Jesus. He comes into the temple, and immediately he gets very intense. He gets very serious. Here is Jesus Christ, gentle, meek, and lowly, who said, turn the other cheek. But in the temple, you see him terrible and wracked, literally cracking the whip, driving people everywhere, starting a riot, a big commotion. What's going on? Why is it that when Jesus gets into the temple, he suddenly gets so serious. Well, now, an aside, just an aside, but an important aside. Jesus is not explicable. He's not at all easy to understand. And that should be very reassuring. Do you know why? You see, it should be reassuring because he surprises us all the time. He contradicts our expectations all the time. He acts in ways that we cannot …
… We're presently in the second chapter, and this morning we're going to begin at verse 12 and read through verse 25. John chapter 2, verses 12 through 25. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they did not stay there many days. For now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves and the money changers doing business. When he had made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and the oxen, poured out the changers' money, and overturned the tables. And he said to those who sold doves, Take these things away. Do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise. And then His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has eaten me up. So the Jews answered and said to Him, What sign do you show to us since you do these things? …