It is Monday of Holy Week. The parade for the people is over. The echo of all the children singing "Hosanna to the Son of David" has died down. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law remained upset, despite the wonderful healings they saw Jesus do.
The journey from the Mount of Transfiguration to Mount Calvary took Jesus to the temple. He did not approve of what He saw there. He loved that place. He most assuredly had loved it ever since He had spent time there as a 12-year-old with the teachers of the Law.
Now it was disgusting to Him. In the worship area of Herod's Temple, where the animals for the sacrifices were sold at an unfair price, where the money changing took place, where the temple area was treated with no respect, Jesus exercised His cleansing action. He drove out those who were abusing the temple. It was a righteous use of anger.
As we journey to Mount Calvary we examine our bodies, temples of the Holy Spirit. What filth and misuse is to be found there. Some cleansing we can do. Jesus provides the final cleansing; however, not with whips, but with His innocent suffering and death.
THE PRAYER: Lord, cleanse our bodies, our temples of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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