Cleansing The Temple

John 2
14 And [Jesus] found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables.....

A scourge? A lash consisting of a strap or cord.

These people were in the temple and they were making money. This was their job; this is what put food on their family's tables. They were not, however, attentive, fully and faithfully and deeply, to their God.

God, as we see so many times in the Old Testament, and here in the New Testament, demands, demands our attention.

So, this may be a lesson lost on Christians today. Then again, it is not for me to judge - maybe it's not for me to comment - even in passing - on my fellow Christians....