John 2:13-17.
Jesus Clears the Temple Courts
Q6. Which Jewish festival did Jesus travel to
Jerusalem to celebrate? How might this festival explain the sale of animals
and presence of money changers? (See Exodus 12:1-11, 24-28; Deuteronomy
14:24-26; 16:5-7.)
It was the Passover
and the festival of unleavened bread.
Deuteronomy 14:24-26
24 But if that
place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot
carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name
is so far away), 25 then exchange your tithe for silver, and take
the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. 26 Use the silver to buy whatever you like:
cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord
your God and rejoice.
Q7. What lesson about anger do you learn from Jesus’ actions?
Jesus’ emotion was described as “zeal”.
“Zeal
for your house will consume me.”
His anger was
pure and completely justified because at its root was concern for God’s
holiness and worship. Because these were at stake, Jesus took quick and
decisive action.
Q8a. What Messianic prophecy did Jesus’
actions cause His disciples to remember?
Psalms 69:9, for zeal for your
house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
Q8b. Jesus’ actions
also fulfill the prophecy in Malachi 3:1-4
3 “I will send
my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will
come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will
come,” says the Lord Almighty.
2 But who can endure the day of
his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire
or a launderer’s soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and
refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will
bring offerings in righteousness, 4 and the
offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days
gone by, as in former years.
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