Getting to Know Jesus Even Better #27

At the end of Luke 19, Jesus had just come into Jerusalem with a great parade of people singing His praises. What would be His first order of business?

45 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 46 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

The first thing Jesus did was clear out space in the outer court of the temple, the area where the Gentiles were allowed, to make room for Him to clearly announce the Kingdom of God.  As we saw yesterday, just before he entered Jerusalem He was weeping over her rejection of Him and His good news.  The leaders did not appreciate the competition, but the pilgrims who had come from all over the world for Passover were hungry to hear Him.  High in God's priorities is that He wants to clear out all the clutter - all the noise and distractions, so we will hear the Good News of the Gospel of peace.  May we hang on every word.