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Mark 11:15-18 : Jesus Cleanses the Temple (Gospel of Mark)

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15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

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Jesus reinigt den Tempel

Durch New Christian Bible Study Staff (maschinell übersetzt in Deutsch)

Christ driving the money-changers from the temple

In dieser Geschichte betritt Jesus am Montag nach dem Palmsonntag wieder Jerusalem, geht in den Tempel und vertreibt die Geldwechsler und Menschen, die Tiere als Opfergaben verkauften. Er wirft Tische um, nimmt eine Peitsche und benutzt sie, um den Tempel zu säubern.

Es ist eine kraftvolle Geschichte, und eine, die eine andere Sicht der Persönlichkeit Jesu zeigt als der so oft beschriebene Heiler oder Prediger. Außerdem scheint es gar nicht so unvernünftig zu sein, dass es im Tempel Geldwechsler gibt - ein wenig wie die Wechselstuben an Flughäfen. Es scheint auch bequem zu sein, dass die Leute dort Tiere an diejenigen verkaufen, die sie für die vorgeschriebenen Opfergaben brauchen.

Also, worum geht es in der Geschichte?

Die Geldwechsler und Tierverkäufer repräsentieren die böse Liebe in unserem Leben, die sich in äußerer Frömmigkeit hüllt. Sie müssen vertrieben, enttarnt und gegeißelt werden.

(Verweise: Die Offenbarung Erklärt 410 [8])

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Apocalypse Explained #838

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838. That there be given them a mark upon their right hand and upon their foreheads, signifies an attestation of the acknowledgment that they are of the church, and are in the so-called truths and goods of that faith. This is evident from the signification of a "mark," as being a sign or attestation of acknowledgment, here that they are of that church; also from the signification of "right hand," as being the truth of faith in its power (See above, n. 298); also from the signification of "forehead," as being the good of love (See also above, n. 427. So here "the right hand and the forehead" signify the so-called truths and goods of that faith, which, nevertheless, are either not truths and goods or are falsities and evils. The acknowledgment of these as truths and goods however is signified by "giving and receiving a mark upon their right hand and upon their foreheads." A "mark" signifies a sign of acknowledgment also in the following passages in Revelation, 14:9, 11; 15:2; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4. Moreover, a "mark" has a similar meaning as:

The sign set by Jehovah upon Cain (Genesis 4:15);

Likewise the sign that the prophet was commanded to set upon the foreheads of the men in the city of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 9:4);

as also the "sign" in Moses:

Thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might. Thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets before thine eyes (Deuteronomy 6:5, 8; 11:18).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.