Commentary on the Gospel of John

                                     Chapter Two

                                                                                                                                       Verses 13-17

Jesus went to the Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Passover. Jesus made a whip out of cords, and He drove all of the merchants out of His Father's Temple. Whether Jesus cast out the merchants and thieves once or twice is relatively unimportant. God reserves His House strictly for the spiritual purpose of worship and prayer, not for the worldly purpose of making money. Sadly, some ministers even to this day have made a lot of money from preaching. Ministers of churches should make no more than the average income of the members of their churches.

Jesus also prophesied at this time that "all nations" will come to God's Temple for prayer and worship. Mark 11:17. Jesus' prophecy agreed with one of Isaiah's prophesies that following a general resurrection in the end of the world that "all flesh" will come to Jerusalem to worship God. Isaiah 66:22-24. Isaiah also prophesied that "all the ends of the earth" will be saved in the end of the world. Isaiah 45:20-25; Numbers 21:8-9; Revelation 5:11-14; Psalm 107:10-15; Psalm 86:9. Jesus prophesied that He will resurrect "all that are in the graves." This can only be a general resurrection in the end of the world because He raises only His saints saved by grace in His resurrections of the Old Testament saints, the New Testament saints, and the Tribulation saints. John 5:28-29. The phrases "all nations" and "all flesh" can only mean every living human who ever lived. Since Christ created "all things," and He must "make all things new," then Christ must resurrect all living humans from the regions of the dead and recreate them so that they can come to His Temple in Jerusalem to worship Him in the end of the world. Revelation 20:5; Revelation 21:1-5; Colossians 1:15-20.