John 2:13-22

Why was Jesus so enraged?

Jesus got angry because the temple system had become corrupt.

Temples are places of worship. By turning the temple into a shopping area, sellers and money-changers insulted God and abused the worshipers.

Jesus poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables to destroy the barriers that separate them from God.

Jesus drove everyone out of the temple to draw them back to God and to His intent for their lives.

The temple-cleansing story challenges us to do a spiritual housecleaning to draw ourselves back to God's intent for our lives.

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