Evening: Psalms 110, 116, 117; John 2:13-22
It is hard to overstate the magnitude of Jesus’s action in overturning the tables of the traders in the temple. It would be like disabling all the stockbrokers’ computers at the Toronto or New York Stock Exchanges – the modern ‘temples’ of our culture. Jesus challenged the temple’s corrupt and destructive practices. Peter saw him do this and was himself emboldened and en-courage-d to point to Jesus as the one who brings healing, peace and justice to the earth. The courage of Jesus may help us to challenge our own society’s self-destructive behaviour when it threatens to destroy everyone’s well-being.
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