Much time has passed since I poked my head in here. I have recently had some inspiration of this scripture Matthew 21:12-17. What I write below is merely a perspective. It is what I got out of it when I read it at first glance. Is it a wrong view or right I am not sure. But it spoke to my in a very profound way. See for yourself if you get the parallels or revelation. No worries if you don't. I don't expect all or anyone to think like me.

Cleansing the Temple...

I am looking at this passage and as I read I realize that I have not eaten of its wisdom very much at all. I have heard of it but have not really looked deep into the wisdom Christ was speaking and doing. As I started to read this I was hastened to this perception: The Temple is our bodies as it says in 1 Corinthians 6:19.

Verse 12: Jesus enters our hearts when we receive His gift of salvation from sin and separation. We have now by divine order become the habitation of Jesus. We are the Temple. He comes in and cleanses us from from ALL unrighteousness. He drives out sin and wickedness from our lives so that we are pure and holy as He is holy. We are His dwelling place. Where we once prostituted our hearts and souls to lesser lovers He betroths us to be wholly His. Some things in us need tables to be turned over (co-dependency, deliverance, lust, addiction, anger, pride, fortification, orphan spirit...etc) Those things that ate off our emotions and idols that sate on the throne of our hearts for far to long that was meant for only one man, Jesus!

The selling of the doves is like those immature of blatant places in our Temple that abuse or manipulate the move of the Holy Spirit for self exaltation and promotion. He dethrones those things in us that have no good representation of His Spirit. He is Truth and good.

Verse 13: He declares comfort, identity, His habitation, prophesy first before He calls out sin and correction. It's like a father who says to his child before spanking them, 'I love you and this is gonna hurt me more than it does you.' SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! then the father takes that child in his arms and says I love you and give them a big comforting hug and kiss. That child now knows that what they did was wrong and has the knowing that its gonna be ok now.

Verse 14: The blind and the lame came to Him IN the Temple and He healed them!! Once we have been cleansed, filled with the Spirit and walk in our identity as sons people will come to us as we are the carriers of the Man Jesus and His power by the Holy Spirit.

Verse 15-16: The children declare "Hosanna to the Son of David." As we become like a child and not like the proud unbelieved priest we will sing and speak the praise Christ Himself has set and prepared for Himself!

Verse 17: Jesus went to rest at Bethany. He often went to Bethany to sleep and rest. This is where He was anointed by Mary to take the fragrance of sacrifice and intimacy to the cross.

So there it is. There is more to taste from this portion.