The Greatest Scam In The Bible

John 2:13-17
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.

 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”

The Second Cleansing

Matthew 21:10-14
And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”
So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.  And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”

 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant

Matthew 21: 16-17

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise’?”Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.

The Priestly Scam

Rome Appointed The High Priest In Jesus’ Time Period
Caiaphas Was The High Priest of Jesus’ Day
He Was The Son In-Law of Annas
Annas Was The High Priest Before Caiaphas

The Market in the Temple Was Called “The Bazaar of the Sons of Annas”
Jewish Talmud

Priest, Politicians, And Merchants Are In Business Together

The High Priest
They Purchased The Title of ‘High Priest”
Several Million Dollars (2-3) In Today’s Currency

The Animal Scam

Inspection of Animals Were Done By The Priesthood
Every Animal Was Inspected For Perfection
All The Animals In The Temple Bazaar Had to be Marked
Josephus

When The Animal Was Rejected By The Priest, The Believer Could Turn Their Animal In As A Down Payment and Purchase A “Perfect” (Marked) Animal For The Sacrifice

The Money Scam

“Jesus Ran The Money Changers Out”
Roman Coins Were Not Accepted At The Temple

This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the Lord. Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the Lord.
Ex 30:13-16

The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves. And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.”
Ex 30:15-16

The Priesthood Became A Scam
The Sacrifice Became A Scam
The Money Became A Scam
The Temple Is A Mockery (A Smelly Barnyard)

The Entire System Became A Way Of Extorting The People of God!!!!
The Goal “Make Money, Keep The Rituals, And Stay In Power”

Religion At Its Finest
P.C.

Religion Will Never Give You A Relationship With God

The Fig Tree Cursed – Mark 11:12-14
“Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.”

The Cleansing of The Temple – Mark 11:15-21

The Fig Tree Is Dead
“Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
Mark 11:20-21

The Fig Tree Is A Representation of The Jewish Religious System of Jesus’ Day That Would Never Produce Any Fruit Again!

Jesus, Our High Priest, Is Not A Scam, He Is The Perfect High Priest

 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.  For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.  Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:14-16

The Sacrifice Of Jesus Was Not A Scam, It’s Perfect

19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:19

Giving To God Is Not A Scam, It’s Worship

Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. 8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he (Melchizedek) receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.
Hebrews 7:7

The Temple Is Not A Mockery, It’s the Believer

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:19