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LUKE - Christ, the Savior of the World
A Bible Study Course on the Gospel of Christ according to Luke

PART 5 - CHRIST'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM (Luke 19:28 - 21:38)

2. Jesus Clears the Temple of the Money Changers (Luke 19:45-48)


LUKE 19:45-48
45 Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, 46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’” 47 And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, 48 and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.

Luke did not mention anything about the manner in which Jesus entered the city, for this evangelist was aware of the condemnation to come on the hard hearts. God’s condemnations may come slowly, but when they come they destroy.

Jesus did not go to the colonizing Roman authorities, nor did he visit the chief priest, or find a place for himself and his disciples to sleep; but went straight to the Temple of God. This was where his Father’s glory resided, for which he longed and to which his heart was drawn. But his Spirit felt bitter, for he could not find comfort and quietness to worship, give thanks and pray, because of the noise of the traders, and the smell of the sacrificial animals. So in his holy wrath he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and their precious money on the ground, and drove those who were not true worshippers out of the Temple. He desired to initiate his work by 0establishing quietness for true prayer. Every nation in which prayer does not work vigorously as the strong heart beats in the human body, is by all means a dead and perishing nation.

Do the men of your city pray? Do you meet them in meeting rooms, in coffeehouses and cinemas, or in factories and shops? Has the entire world not become a den of thieves and highwaymen, though it was originally intended as a dwelling for God? What would Jesus drive out of your life to clear your heart so that your body might become a temple of the Holy Spirit? Does God reside in you, or are you still a den of thieves?

Jesus taught the multitudes of crowded pilgrims in the midst of the Temple as one who sells living water in the midst of a desert to refresh those who are thirsty. The word of life from Jesus quenches the burning thirst of hearts. It was not long before the multitudes hurried to Jesus, and listened to his words for hours.

The chief priests, leaders of the people, and experts of the Torah, for their part, watched Jesus with aggravated rage, for he neither visited nor honored them, nor asked their permission. So they hated the Galilean countryman, and tried to kill him, using violent tricks during the noisy days of the Passover. Those zealous leaders were probably afraid of the interference of the occupying power, which was centered in the barracks of the grand Tower of Antonia, where Roman soldiers watched all the movements in the wide court-yard of the Temple.

Jesus’ hour had not come yet. The multitudes hung upon his words, and the wicked enemy could not find any means to reach him. So Jesus taught without fear, and called the lost sheep of the people to him, the Good Shepherd and King.

PRAYER: O Lord, you are the true God full of love, holiness, and patience. You weep over me and over all men, for you see our malice, folly, and the condemnation coming on us. Please be patient, and teach us the word of life that many may be saved.

QUESTION 118: Why did Jesus weep on his way to Jerusalem?

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