Jesus, the Money Changers, and the Temple

In Matthew 21:12-13 we find the account of Jesus as he cleanses the temple. While my curiosity got the best of me I just had to know more of the traditions of the time concerning the temple. While I was searching I was literally able to read the writings of Jewish scholars and found out that there is no compulsion nor discouragement in the writings outside of the Bible to be reverant in the Temple and that all things that should be sacred are and was just fodder for profiteering. Now enter The Son Of God Yeshua and understand the His disdain as he begins to witness God's house being used as a place of business rather than a humble place of prayer and worship.

I can also understand the contempt Yeshua felt for those who were suposed to be he spiritual leaders because the only thing they were interested in was the accumulation of more wealth. They really did not beleive in helping those who were less fortunate only in pushing them further down. Imagine going into a Church expecting to find a place of peace and rest and having merchants jumping in your face trying to sell his merchandise. The Church is no longer a place of sanctuary but a place of stress and frustration. It is no longer a place to commune with God but a place that has closed God out.