John 2:17 - Forerunner Commentary

John 2:17

15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make ^aMy Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, ^a“Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”

18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, ^a“What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”

19 Jesus answered and said to them, ^a“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

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John 2:17

Here is another one of those biblical patterns. It is an example that God wants us to follow. The example of our Elder Brother, Jesus Christ, and the zeal, the heat, the passion that He felt for God and God's way. His relationship with God was not platonic. It was not cold. He felt insulted if God was insulted, profaned, or blasphemed, or any of the holy things of God were profaned in any way. Christ felt it as though it was being done to Him, because Their relationship was that close. There was a real fervency and warmth of Spirit.

Excerpted from Prayer and Seeking God

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