April 11, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, April 11.
I hope you had a wonderful and blessed Palm Sunday. And now... on to Easter! But what happened on all those days between those two Sundays? Each day this week we’ll take a look.
On Monday, Jesus returned to Jerusalem. He and His disciples had spent the night before in Bethany, two miles east of the Holy City, at the home of good friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. But on that morning they found themselves in the temple.
The first temple was built by King Solomon in 950 B.C. It was destroyed about 500 years later and a second temple was constructed. King Herod added to this structure 20 years before Bethlehem, and in the time of Christ, it was called Herod’s Temple.
When Jesus walked in on that Monday morning, He wasn’t pleased with what He saw. Money changers were cheating the Passover visitors, creating a “den of thieves”. We witness His anger as He overturns the tables and drives out the evil men.
Anger is sometimes thought of as a sin, however Jesus shows us a righteous anger that can be a tool to accomplish God's will. But when we take a stand there is often a price to pay. On that Monday morning Jesus caught the attention of the Jewish and Roman officials. And another step was taken toward the Cross.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
