John 2:13-16"The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"
Surely, there could have been a better way to handle this.
2007-07-13 09:13:41 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He was human. And that will be their defense.
2007-07-13 09:17:38 · answer #1 · answered by meissen97 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes it takes a shock to make someone see that just because something has "always been that way" doesn't make it right. For someone normally mild and gentle to lash out like that only increases the shock value and makes it more memorable to onlookers.
The money changers and sacrifice sellers weren't there to help people - they were there to make a fat profit off the gullible, the poor and the devout.
When you approach the gods, it doesn't matter how much money you do or don't have, or whose face is on the change in your pocket. That only matters to the priests, and to the people who sell you the things that you "need" to make the gods smile upon you. By telling the worshippers who came to the Temple that they had to have all these material things and to make donations, the sellers and money changers were placing obstacles between the people and God, and that is a great wrong worthy of getting angry about.
2007-07-13 16:25:45 · answer #2 · answered by triviatm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a human, hun. He had feelings just like every other human. He was angry that people were 'sinning' in the temple. He got angry with his own disciples from time to time as well. But this doesn't mean that he didn't forgive them if they repented. That's the key thing right there... he FORGAVE them. God bless.
2007-07-13 16:18:58 · answer #3 · answered by ladydior1981 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A perfect being, God, does get angry, but it is never mean, spiteful, vindictive, demeaning or out of control.
I feel that the reason people misconstrue the anger of the Lord is that they tend to assume that God’s anger is identical to their own as fallen mortals—they don’t understand correctly the nature of divine anger.
Ye say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the power of the word of God, which was in him; and that which ye call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God, which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your iniquities
2007-07-13 16:34:33 · answer #4 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said all anger was sinful?
One aspect of Jesus that is overlooked is that he was passionate about things. If you read Mark you'll see what I mean.
He cursed a fig tree and caused it to whither because it had no fruit on it when he went to check it out. He got mad at it.
2007-07-13 16:21:03 · answer #5 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont believe that is the word of God.. probably the man edited part....
contrast a story of Mohammad.. a man (non-muslim) walks in a mosque (old days floor was sandy) and started to take a piss, some people were ready to jump him until the prophet stopped them and told them to let him finish. when he finished, the prophet told him on the side that this is not the place for what he has done... the man later became a muslim....,
2007-07-13 16:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, they were profaining His temple. Jesus is not the "the embodiment of peace love and kindness" but the Living God Incarnate,
2007-07-13 16:21:31 · answer #7 · answered by nom de paix 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God said "heaven is my home and earth is my footstool, how can you build a house for me?"
That is for the fools talking about the temple being gods house, or for any one claiming a church as the house of the lord.
2007-07-13 16:22:11 · answer #8 · answered by honshu01 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because as much as He loves us and mankind, He hates sin and degradation even more. After all, He knows Sin is His greatest enemy. God is a very jealous God, do not make Him angry. Thanks for the question and have a great day!
2007-07-13 16:21:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had to make them pay attention to him so they would stop immediately. It was a sacred place to peacefully worship his father and you would react the same way if they were destroying the place you went to worship your Father.
2007-07-13 16:25:43 · answer #10 · answered by blue_eyes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because although he was devoted to his beliefs, he was a man like any other. And there is no quiet way to break up such a fiasco than shouting. Who says he got angry?
2007-07-13 16:18:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋