Show Don't Tell: Matthew 21:12-17

As Jesus strides into the temple courts, the air thickens with a cacophony of clinking coins and the bleating of sheep. This isn’t just a building; it is the sacred Court of the Gentiles, a desperate sanctuary where non-Jews come seeking God. But instead of reverence, the atmosphere is charged with a fevered marketplace. Money changers, like hawks, swoop in on unwary worshippers, demanding exorbitant rates to convert their Roman coins into the holy currency required for sacrifices.…