The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
LESSON x - SEPT. . JESUS
CLEANSING THE TEMPLE.

LESSON x SEPT. 2 JESUS
CLEANSING THE TEMPLE.
Golden Tc,t: Make Not Wy Fathers
II:13-?J.
Introductory. .irau, clran>rd the
temple twice: 1T the brginEiny of his
ministry and also at its rln>, In
both eases. and especially in t,yr first,
it was II bold act upon his part. 1T
was a plain and open avoWni of his
Irvine authority. and a public rrpruof
If the WickcdnrS> of the priests and
ruIrrS WhO permitted his Father 5
house to hr made Il HOUSE If mrr-
chaudisc. Som" people w"ndrr why
it was that the traders permitted
temple courts by young and I'M
known man. They forge, the fac,
that the very prcacrrr Of Jesus
carried with it an almost Irrr>i>lablr
moral authority.
|. Jesus Cleansing the Temple,
verses l%-l1. l3. "Thc Jews pass.
over. John calls it the Jews pa,>-
'vcr, because he was writing for ten
tiles. "Jc>u> went up t" Jcruaa lem.
! In, l,.t in, =, tnl of
the nation he might assert and display
his authority. TN the temple. not
in the building proper, but i'll the in
closed spaces around it. "Th">r that
sold oxen and sheep and dovcs.' 7"
be used in sacrifice. "ChangrrS of
money! The Jews who came up t"
Jerusalem from foreign countries
brought the coins of the different
countries with them. Each one of
them was expected to pay half
>hckcl--about thirtytive cents-an-
nually for the support of the temple.
This had to be paid, moreover, not IN
a heather, but in a Hebrew coin;
hence arose the business of the cX-
changers.
! +. "A scOurgc of small cOrdS.' A
whip, plated probably from ru>hcS
picked up off the ground. ''Drovc
them all out" Our authorized vcr-
! sion seems to teach that he used the
Scourge or The men as well as on the
cattle, but the revised version more
correctly shows that such was not the
ease.
lG. ''Takc these things hence, " The
doves could not be driven out
and to let them fly mi ht have caused
unsccmly and prolonged commotion.
-Plummer "Makc not my Father $
house a house Of merchandise. 1t
had been built for worship, and not
/ for trade.
T.. Ills disciples remembered.
etc They remembered passage in
Psalm Xix: O. "Thc zeal Of thine
house hath eaten me up and they
found in this passage an explanation
of the conduct of Jesus. lie could
not bear to see his Fathers house di,
! honored.
H. The Jews Demanding 4 Sign
verses 1S-2!j. IS. "Nhat sign shcW
est thou unto u.s." How may We
know th%t thou hast a right to act Sc
boldly?
10. "Destroy this temple" BY "tem
pie he meant his body as the dwell
ing place Of God. SIN three days
will raise it up Giving you thus tho
most convincing of signs,
20, o. "Forty and six years was
this temple in building." They sup
posed that he referred to the struc
ture before them, which Herod tn.
Great began to restore in Il. c. 20, an'
which Herod Agrippa completed il
A. d. G4.
BY rejecting him they were taking
a course that must lead to his death
BY destroying his body they were de
stroying the temple itself, as 1t
forct told in Matthew. A few year
more and it was in ruins. TO himsel
his words had very definite mean
ing: Destroy this temple as you Ger
tainly will by resisting my authorit,
and re ecting my acts of reform, an@
afterward crucifying me, and in thre'
days I will raise it. As by denying
my authority and crucifying my per
son, you destroy this house of IN,
Father, so by my resurrection will
put men in possession of God tru
dwelling place and introduce new
spiritual worship. 1t is in Christ
person this great drama is enacted
The Messiah perishes; the tempt
falls. The Messiah lives again; tn
true temple rises on the ruins Of til
symbolical temple.
20. "When therefore he was risen
his disciples remembered;
and they believed" Man
things that they did not understan
during his life became perfectly clea
after his death and resurrection.
80. Tn the feast day" Revised yer
sion, "during the feast" 1t lasted
whole week. MANY believed in hi
name" The faith of some was deeI
and of others, shallow.
"a. "Did not commit himself unit
.bor, MD not +ruSt his own narSO