Bishop Everett L. James, Th.D.'s Blog – June 2011 Archive (1)

Temple of God or Den of Thieves





12 Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. 13 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!” (Matthew 21:12-13)



In the Old Testament the Glory of God occupied the temple. This was the abode of…