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To: chajin
But later on, Jesus recognized that there is a time to take action:

Matthew 21: 12And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. 13And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."

Not exactly "turning the other cheek".

37 posted on 04/14/2016 11:47:32 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: cincinnati65

The two are independent. He didn’t take any of their property, He ejected them from the premises. Isaiah 53 further clarifies that “He had done no violence.”


41 posted on 04/14/2016 11:58:25 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: cincinnati65
But later on, Jesus recognized that there is a time to take action:
Matthew 21: 12And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. 13And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."
Not exactly "turning the other cheek".

This isn't necessarily an analogous situation: Jesus wasn't attacked. I wouldn't want to get in the weeds of this: I think, for example, that Luther was acting in the example of Jesus when he condemned the sellers of indulgences, turning the church into a den of robbers, but the issue of when to turn the other cheek and when to demonstrate zeal for the Father's house is a difficult issue.

But I'd like to get back to the original issue, and propose a different solution. I have read the Bible perhaps 20 times, and I say that the same way Paul "boasted" about his Jewishness, which is to say I am not proud of this, I should have read it perhaps 200 times more. But if someone were to ask me my favorite Bible verse, I would have to admit that I don't have one. It is like asking who is my favorite child--or, a better analogy, what aspect of God's existence is my favorite. There is none; I am grateful for every yot and tittle. Which is one of the billion reasons I would never run for President, because most people, including I fear most people in the church, would perceive that as a politically astute dodge, which is the opposite of what it is.

57 posted on 04/14/2016 12:53:59 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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