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b'In this episode, we look at the story of Jesus turning over tables in the temple, as told by John.\\xa0Why did he do this,\\xa0who exactly was he protesting, and\\xa0what can his actions teach us about how we live our lives today?\\nIn the podcast, we mentioned that we\\u2019re reading\\xa0The Last Week by Marcus Borg and John Domnic Crossan in Sanctuary Collective and that this story (as told by Mark) is one of the passages covered. If you want to join the bookclub and get in on an in-depth discussion about the politics of Jesus, you\\u2019re invited to join us!\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nJohn 2:13-22\\nWhen it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, \\u201cGet these out of here! Stop turning my Father\\u2019s house into a market!\\u201d His disciples remembered that it is written: \\u201cZeal for your house will consume me.\\u201d\\nThe Jews then responded to him, \\u201cWhat sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?\\u201d\\nJesus answered them, \\u201cDestroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.\\u201d\\nThey replied, \\u201cIt has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?\\u201d But the temple he had spoken of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.\\nPhoto by natalielafuente \\nThe post Collaborating with the empire \\u2013 John 2:13-22 appeared first on Queer Theology.'