Matthew 21:12,13

Matthew 21:12,13 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Jesus knew what was right and what was wrong. And these thieving money changers were wrong to be cheating the people. And here they were, right in the Temple itself. God’s House should me a special place – a place of prayer and quiet reverence for God. But here were the money changers, taking advantage of unsuspecting attendees. They cheated while exchanging the foreign money for the Jewish coins. Jesus saw their loud shouting and knew their thieving tricks. And He was mad – really mad! He was embarrassed for His heavenly Father and He had to do something about it. And He did. This was the second time that He had cleaned the Temple out of these wicked, thieving crooks. And Jesus had no mercy for them. Over went their tables with coins flying everywhere. As He ran them off, He shouted, “This is a holy place! But you have made it a hideout for thieves!” And out they went. No one resisted Jesus. They all knew that they were crooks taking advantage of unsuspecting victims. But they were found out. Jesus knew their hearts. And Jesus knows our hearts too. We should repent and ask forgiveness of our wicked thoughts and actions. We shouldn’t be like these money changers. They didn’t repent. They were back a second time cheating and stealing. But Jesus will forgive, if we will but ask.