It was one of my favorite Jesus stories as a kid. Of course, I loved his teaching, the miracles, and the stories surrounding his death and resurrection, but when the Son of God goes into the Temple and starts flipping tables over and whipping the moneychangers, my young person brain perked up.
The story still fascinates me, but it has become more complex as I’ve learned more about the person of God through deep relationships in the Bible, and I’ve grown up a bit—a little.
To recap, in the days of Christ, the Temple had a different currency than the Roman coins. To give money to the Temple, required in some part by the Law, it must be with the Temple coin. The moneychangers set up shop in the outer court within the Temple itself to exchange the common Roman coin for Temple money. And these money changers made a profit, taking advantage of the people.
We may not have “moneychangers” in our modern churches, but we can take away important lessons from the actions of the Son of God.
Here are five things we can learn from Jesus flipping over the tables in the Temple.
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