den of robbers

And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”

Luke 19:45-46

Religious profiteering

from the poor

to enrich the wealthy

is evil in the 

House of the Lord

Jesus sneering

at the fools

who tried to get rich

by this evil in the

House of the Lord

Overturned tables

thieves driven away

out of the temple

by the authority of Jesus

and the Word of the Lord

Jesus is able

to save the day

cleansing His temple

restoring prayer and worship

in zeal for the Lord

Yet even now

there are thieves

using religion

to great gain

they mock God’s Word

Know somehow

they’ll definitely answer

sooner rather than later

to an angry, judging,

robber-clearing Lord!