By Rev. Richard Jones

rec 07-26-20

WHIP AT THE TEMPLE

John 2: 13-17

The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵ And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶ And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

DEDICATION   John 2: 13

The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 

Psalm 73: 16-17

But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
¹⁷ until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.

Hebrews 10: 24-25

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, ²⁵ not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

EXPLOITATION   John 2: 14

In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.

INFLAMMATION   John 2: 15-16

 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶ And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”

Mark 11: 17

And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ”˜My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations”™? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

MANIFESTATION   John 2: 17

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

Malachi 3: 1-2

 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. ² But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.