Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,
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… The word in Greek is you didn't recognize the day of your visitation. And then he went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it. Saying to them, it is written, my house is a house of prayer, but you have made it into a den of thieves. And he was teaching daily in the temple. That's all this week. That's ahead of us. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, these are all the spiritual national leaders of Israel, sought to destroy him. And were unable to do anything. For all the people were very attentive to hear him. And all God's people said, Amen. You may be seated. Dramatic, dynamic, no doubt about it, an incredible time. As we see in Scripture today, There's a chronological order to all of this that helps us very, very much understand the whole vicinity of what's been going on. Many of you might find it quite surprising that when you maybe think about Jesus, you almost automatically think about Jerusalem. …
… Hallelujah. Hallelujah. At some point, you got to get sick of yourself. Yeah, you got to get sick of yourself and begin to say, Father, it could be me who could be the problem. I need you to come in and clean up my own heart so that I can have my own encounter with you. Hallelujah. The text goes on to say, on reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. The text says he overturned the tables, the money changes, and the seats of those selling doves. If you're taking notes this morning, I want you to write this down. This is a season where God is flipping tables and revoking seats. he is flipping tables and he is revoking seats. Listen, when Jesus came into the temple, when he came into his father's house for his father's business, and he saw that it had been perverted and turned into a place of corruption where people were being taken advantage of, they were being swindled. They were selling animals in the temple for sacrifice. And in John's version of the text, he used a whip of cords to drive them out. But listen, he didn't offer to pray with them. He didn't try to reason with them. He didn't try to counsel them. He didn't ask for no meetings with them. But the text tells us that he immediately drove them out. He flipped the tables and he revoke the seats. For some of you, that's why you can be confused about who's seated where and what …
… cursed. To make that crystal clear, come to verse 15. They then came to Jerusalem, and He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple. He had done this at the beginning of His ministry. Here He is three years doing it again, three years later. Overturned the tables of the money changers, seats of those who were selling doves. Now all of that business was related to the sacrificial system, people selling animals for sacrifice and exchanging coins so the appropriate coin for the temple tax could be rendered. But obviously they had corrupted it all. And so he literally, by himself, takes control of that temple courtyard. And he drives everybody out who is buying and selling, throws over the tables of money changers, seats of those selling doves. Doves were common because of the poor people who could only afford a dove to purchase for sacrifice. Verse 16, he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple. …