(John 2:13-15, 17) That forceful action made the disciples recall the prophetic words of King David: “Sheer zeal for your house has eaten me up.” (Ps.
Jesus was so filled with anger at the desecration of the holy place that he took some cords and wove them into a small whip.
Is Thrasher right?
Thus, Neufeld concludes: Jesus was over it! When I imagine Jesus flipping over tables and raging against the money changers part of me wants to join him. Ultimately he bases his thesis on Jesus cleansing of the Temple. It’s important to remember that Jesus never did anything apart from the Father (John 5:19, 30). Nov 4, 2016 - up in here, flipping tables and dissing pharisees
You take issue with Jesus flipping tables and whipping people out, but you're not going to complain about Sodom and Gomorrah? I thought we were supposed to love your enemies?
14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. It was a question that was supposed to remind people to deal with every situation the way Jesus would. He ran about, knocking over the tables of the money changers, spilling coins on the ground. The initials stand for What Would Jesus Do?
He wants to be safe haven for you. So actually, the argument of Jesus flipping over the tables does not support the looters—it supports the right of shop owners to use proportionate force to defend their property from people who are unlawfully there and are violating that space. First and foremost, Jesus wants to flip the tables and restore your heart. He wants His resurrecting love and peace to reign in your heart. The account of John indicates Jesus grabbed a whip and drove them away. In Matthew 21 and John 2 Jesus is depicted as cleansing the temple.
This is the Christ who speaks to me when I look at the mess that is contemporary America.'
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. One comical response to the question was to suggest that “flipping over tables and chasing people with a whip … What would Jesus do?
… That table flipping Jesus.
So Jesus was defending his Father’s house and the space that was being violated.
Ultimately he bases his thesis on Jesus cleansing of the Temple. One of my recent journal entries was a cry out to God to cleanse my heart. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. Once I get past my aversion to the image of an angry Jesus with a whip, I find myself getting fired up with righteous anger, too. 'He is seen with a whip in his hand,' the piece says, 'flipping over tables in a rage and driving merchants from the temple.
Secondly, you are not alone.
He drove the exchangers out of the area, along with the men selling pigeons and cattle. Visualize the scene: Jesus made a whip of ropes, and he drove out those selling cattle and sheep. By Mussita Ng - Press Services International.
Make a whip and flip some tables is within the realm of possibilities.
Even the fig tree wasn’t producing fruit! John 2:13-17 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Clears the Temple Courts. I don't think I have ever seen a bumper sticker that says "Jesus flips some tables." So He exhibited a righteous indignation by flipping tables and whipping thieves. Some claim Jesus only tapped the whip on the animals to get them out, … All we have to do is surrender control of our hearts to Him and allow the tables to be flipped.
I thought we were supposed to forgive? If they thought a crazy man was acting violent, whipping people, and throwing tables around in a mad rage, why is it that the Roman troops who were always stationed at the nearby Antonia fortress did not intervene (nor were they asked to), and why was Jesus not immediately arrested by either them or the temple police (see p. 65 for a longer argument)?
I want to run out those who don’t accept LGBTQ persons. Did Jesus sin by getting angry and flipping tables at the Temple?
I still have no idea what the Super Bowl is about (don’t stone me if you’re a fan!) I thought Jesus never sinned?