Jesus our Savior?

Question

If Jesus our (so called) loving savior was so loving why did he crash the market place in his temple? He took a huge fit.

Answer 1

Did you not read that God gets angry when people corrupt His house of worship?.. Don't get it wrong God is loving, but He does not like sin, that is excatly what they were doing when they turned the temple into a market. Look at Sodom and Gommorah, that shows God does punish his children (also Noah's Ark). They actually stopped after that also.. I think the person above hit it pretty good though. These people were being selfish and making the temple into a market. Jesus isnt going to smile at them and give them a high five for that.

Answer 2

First off, if you are not His sheep, one of His followers, He is not your savior.
Second, if you understood the culture at the time and what occurred at the Temple during the feast days, your question would not be needed. The moneychangers were there to exchange foreign currency into the accepted Roman currency for the purpose of purchasing animals to be sacrificed in the Temple. The reason Jesus went after them was that they were known to cheat people on the money exchange and more importantly, they had set up their tables in the outer court of the Temple, which was the only place Gentiles could come and worship God. In essence, they were blocking access to God in the temple. Christ cleared them out so that the Gentiles could come and worship as well. Christ provided a way for Gentiles to approach God and worship Him. Sound familiar?

Answer 3

Jesus is a loving savior, that doesn't mean he was a whimp. The merchants were in the holy temple and they weren't just there selling "I've been at the temple" T-shirts, which would be bad enough. They were telling people who would bring sacrifices that their sacrifice wasn't good enough but that they had one that was. This is what made Jesus angry. As usual, Jesus was just standing up for the little guy. He kicked over their tables. He didn't beat them or kill them. He was making a point. There aren't many references in the Bible to Jesus being angry, so I have to believe that this was a serious enough blasphemy that God wanted this story to be told.

Quite frankly, I think some of the new mega churches who sell coffee and donuts you can take into the sanctuary with you are treading on similar ground. At least the donuts aren't a sacrifice though. Although giving them up can be a sacrifice

Jesus is loving because he loved YOU enough to die for your sins. He loved me enough to die for my sins. You can choose to not believe it, if you want, but there are consequences for our choices. Even Christians will have to face judgement if they are in sin (and I know many Christians who are). They just won't have to go to hell because they've accepted Jesus as their savior.

Answer 4

i've often asked this question myself. understand that the temple was the literal house of God for the Jews. A holy place not to be corrupted with the shewd business of man. A place to be humbled and awed in the presence of God. Remember it is ok to be angry, it's what you do with it that can cause a sin. Jesus was angry! but it was a righteous anger he was defending the holiness of the temple...His Father's house. Think of a time when you've been with a friend that just kept doing something wrong..over and over until you just lashed out and asked her/him to stop because you knew it was in their best interest to quit whatever they were doing.

Answer 5

THE WORLD WITH JESUS

Eph.2:7; 3:21; The world with Jesus is without end. John 3:16; 2Pet.3:13; All made new
1Cor.15:22-28,51-53; Rev.20:1-6,12,13 No Satan 1000 years. Rev.21:1-5 [ all made new ], 8 [ second death ]; Rev.20:7-10 [ end of 1000 years ]; All perfect for God.

Answer 6

See. I enjoy coming across individuals who don't read the bible, but quickly question it.

If you read a bible you will see that the people of those times turned the temple into a market place. This offended Jesus (and myself) because people weren't doing anything to honor God. They were making money for themselves and the Pharisees didn't care. So, Jesus ran them out of the church. It was to be a holy place.

So, next time you question the Bible read the entire section first. God bless

Answer 7

the temple was a house of worship and they where using it like mall a place to sell thing a gamble i know u where to walk in to a church to day i see people cursing and selling thing on tables and trowing dice in the middle of the church i would be mad to he did and i lot of things in the bible are story with meaning behind them
cuz with out story's or guidelines we may not see the right way u know all this stuff about Jesus and god where new when the bible was written so they mad it easy as like how u explain stuff to a child

Answer 8

Because the money changers were insulting His Father's temple by commercializing it when it was a holy place. He had to show them who's boss there.

Jesus wasn't a nice guy, he was gentle. Nice guys are afraid to speak up when something goes wrong. Gentle guys are cool and helpful to everyone, but when they need to get hard, they get hard.

Answer 9

Because, what they were doing was forbidden. But, I can see that your obviously not asking the question because you genuinely are wanting to know, your "(so called)" statement suggests that you are only speaking to criticize and to mock. Jesus was doing what He was told to do by His Father. And Jesus was a man who had emotions and could have a temper. But He did no sin when He did what He did. By the way, shame on you. PEACE!!!

Answer 10

Because although it was named the temple, the people of that day was using it for almost everything but the purpose for which it was built. And He did not 'destroy' it. You are taking one sentence out of context. When He told them that He would destroy the temple and in three days rebuild it. He was referring to Himself. That is what the people of that day thought to. May God Bless U.