Tag: Jesus in the Temple

  • Destroy this Temple and in Three Days I Will Raise It Up

    (John 2:18-22) Jesus had just chased the pigeon sellers and money changers from the temple. He overturned their tables and used a whip of cords to drive out the animals from the temple. In his zeal for the temple as being a house of prayer and not a place for commerce he brought order and…

  • Jesus as a Boy in the Temple

    (Luke 2:41-52) Jesus went with his parents to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover when he was about twelve years of age. But when his parents left to return to Nazareth, Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without their knowledge. They had travelled a day’s journey thinking he was amongst the company of people travelling,…

  • Marketing in the Church

    (Matthew 21:12-13) When Jesus entered Jerusalem the first place he visited was the temple. He was angered at what he saw there for we see him take action to set things right. What was it that upset him so? Marketing in the church! Jesus drove out the moneychangers and the sellers of pigeons from the…