When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. John 2:15
Part of the temple of the Lord had become a livestock market complete with money changers. History and experience may tell us that some money taking was going on at the same time, over and above an honest profit on the sales. However, the text in John 2 simply states that these things were there. Our verse for today tells of Jesus making a whip of cords, but does not say that our Lord Jesus struck anyone with it. The whip certainly got the sheep and oxen moving though. He poured out the money and overturned tables, which sounds rather violent for this gentle teacher from Nazareth. A place of worship of His Father had become a place of merchandising, and it angered our Lord and Savior.
There may be a time or place for anger in our age as well, but prayer first!
Bucky
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