The Temple Matthew 21: 12-13: “Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” Jesus has ridden the colt. People, who had seen and heard of Him raising Lazarus from the dead, are in the streets laying palm branch for him to travel over shouting “HOSANNA to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” It must have been a sight. The people are about to begin the most holy week in the faith of Judaism. Monday at sunset the Passover begins, the remembrance of The Exodus. The town is busy with preparation. And Jesus enters the temple and sees a terrible scene. A market, right in the temple. He is over come with Righteous Anger and destro...
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