8/14/2023 0 Comments Ubf daily bread![]() ![]() Out of spiritual anger, he drove them out and rebuked the religious leaders who did not pray, but used the temple as a marketplace, “My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.” Then he taught the word of God every day at the temple to restore the temple as a place of true worship, place of prayer for all nations, and Bible teaching. When Jesus entered the temple courts, he saw the money changers and those selling animals. Jesus’ heart was broken, and he wept for them, for he foresaw the impending judgment of God falling on them in the near future because they would reject God’s love to the end (43-44). If they had welcomed him, the king of peace, Jesus would have given them real peace. He came to bring peace to his people, but his people did not recognize the long-awaited Messiah and rejected him when he came to his own, and thus missed their opportunity for peace (Jn 1:11). Jesus wept over Jerusalem as he made his entry into it. ( J) 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. ( I) But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 46 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’ ( G) but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ ” ( H)Ĥ7 Every day he was teaching at the temple. ( C) They will not leave one stone on another, ( D) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming ( E) to you.” Jesus at the Temple ( F)Ĥ5 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. ( B) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it ( A) 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace-but now it is hidden from your eyes. ![]()
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