"Angry Jesus" by Stephen M. Miller for Tuesday, 14 February 2017 from The Bible blog of award-winning bestselling Christian author, Stephen M. Miller. in Olathe, Kansas, United States"Angry Jesus" by Stephen M. Miller
MAN ON A MISSION. Jesus gets serious about chasing merchants out of the Jerusalem Temple compound. The question is why. Painting by Rembrandt.PARDON MY HUMOR and my accordion as I explain how a pacifist rabbi like Jesus got so violently angry that he stormed into someone’s place of business, flipped their tables, and chased after them with a whip.
The Prince of Peace was particularly peeved.
This all sounds like the beginning of a Bruce Willis movie.
Sure, the place of business we’re talking about was the Jerusalem Temple area. But it’s pretty clear that the people Jesus went after had the priests’ permission to be there. And these entrepreneurs provided legit and helpful services to the worshipers.
Some sold animals for use in sacrifices there at the Temple. That certainly came in handy for people who had to travel many days to get to Jerusalem. Who wants to go on a marathon walk with a cow?
Other merchants provided currency exchanges. That was needed because Temple priests accepted cash donations only in certain currency. They didn’t want coins with pictures of people…”graven images,” which seemed too close to idols.
Jesus flipped the tables of the money changers and he drove off the critter vendors.
Why?
I created a short video about that.
As I said, please pardon my humor and my accordion.
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