Re: "Cleansing" the Temple (Yoel)
Ian Dorion (dorioni@intellinet.com)
Wed, 02 Apr 1997 11:43:06 -0600
yoel haalmoni wrote:
>
> Then of course you have the problem of WHEN the amazing mystical Jesus
> "cleansed" the temple:
>
> The synoptic gospels (Matthew 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-17, Luke 19:45-46) have
> him doing this deed toward the end of his "ministry", shortly befor his
> crucifixion.
>
> The gospel of John chapter 2: 14-19), has him doing it (with a whip that he
> himself made) at the beginning of his ministry, right after the wedding at
> Cana, almost immediately after calling his disciples.
>
> Oh, but let me guess... Jesus "cleansed" the temple twice. I guess that
> after the first time the Temple officials didn't figure out that they
> shouldn't let this violent whip-wielding maniac near the temple. A maniac
> whose fame, according to the NT had spread throughout the country, so that
> multitudes welcomed him into Jerusalem and the threatened Jewish religious
> leaders were testing him and looking for ways to kill him.
>
> Do I get a brownie-button from the Holy Spirit for rightly "discerning the
> word of truth"?
NOT AS LONG AS I'M CHRIST-IAN