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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 moneychangers doing business.
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, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"
John 2: 14-16
In the Temple Jesus discovered cattle and sheep dealers and pigeon sellers, as well as moneychangers sitting at their tables. So He made a rough whip out of rope and drove the whole lot of them, sheep and cattle as well, out of the Temple. He sent the coins of the moneychangers flying and turned their tables upside down. then He said (in effect) to the dealers, Take those things out of here, don't you dare turn my Father's house into a den of crooked dealings.
What a sight that must have been and it would definitely have been noticed. This could only have been done on the authority of God. Jesus made it very personal as the Son of God when He said, "My Father's house". His reverence of and demand for the holiness of God fulfilled yet another prophecy concerning Him, "Zeal for Your house has eaten me up". Psalm 69:9
The holiness of God and the actions of men undermining it met face to face and action was taken, as it always has to be. The priority given to the holiness of God is evident here and not to be missed ..... “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, Whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” I Corinthians 6:19
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