I've Had It Up To Here!
I’ve Had It Up To Here! Of all the scenes and images you can conjure in your mind as you think about Christ’s life, driving money changers from the temple is one that seems to provide contrast to the archetype of his ministry. “And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables. And he said unto them who sold doves, Take these things from here. Make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of your house has eaten me up.” (NC John 1:9) When we read it in scripture, what we see is Christ’s righteous indignation, anger that is driven by contempt and not sinful. But surely, the money changers there must have looked at him and thought, “what a jerk” or “this guy is nuts” or “what got into him” or “holy moly, (short for ‘Holy Moses’) this guy’s raging.” They clearly didn’t share Christ’s view of cu