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Most of the time, when we think of Jesus, we see him as lovely, gentile, peaceful, kind, and so on...as we certainly should! Well, then there's the time He drove people out of the temple! You don't see "lovely, gentile, peaceful, nor kindness" there! You see someone so upset that He's knocking tables and chairs over. He's not allowing anyone to carry anything. He's gone mad. Or had the people gone mad and Jesus was reminding them and us today of what the entire sacrificial system of the Old Testament really pointed to--Jesus Himself. Do we find ourselves today diverting from Jesus' blood alone as the basis of our ok'ness with God by replacing His blood with our works, our obedience, our efforts, our anything as the means by which we are right with Him? If so, we might need a reminder of what it's really all about!