Mark 11:15-17 (Amplified Bible) 15And they came to Jerusalem. And He went into the temple [area, the [a]porches and courts] and began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple area, and He overturned the [[b]four-footed] tables of the money changers and the seats of those who dealt in doves;
16And He would not permit anyone to carry any household equipment through the temple enclosure [thus making the temple area a short-cut traffic lane].
17And He taught and said to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have turned it into a den of robbers
18And the chief priests and the scribes heard [of this] and kept seeking some way to destroy Him, for they feared Him, because the entire multitude was struck with astonishment at His teaching.
When Jesus walked into the outer courts of the physical temple, he saw the money changers and those who sold items pertaining to the temple sacrifice. They sold doves and maybe even other animals to people who would use them for sacrifice. But when HE saw their conduct and the their greed for commerce, HE overturned their tables and said that they have made it into a den of robbers. In verse 16, the people were using the temple as a short cut when carrying household equipment and the Lord blocked that usage.
The Lord said, "MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS!! BUT YOU HAVE TURNED IT INTO A DEN OF ROBBERS!!"
We can view the temple in two folds. First, we will look at it as the physical building. Second, the temple is also His church which is His people. The temple of God is now in His people. We are the temple of God.
I do not know how the churches are looking in Europe, Asia, Canada, or other countries but I would not be surprised if they are more looking and following like the American churches. Many countries tend to follow the western churches. They are basing success with the measurement of money.
Many churches in America are luring members from their communities with worldly enticements. A month ago, God had us attend and observe a fairly large church. They held three services on Sunday. We attended the second service at 10:45 AM. When we walked into the doors, we saw a coffee cafe upstairs. On our right were stands selling their programs. Their current program was to help people dealing with depression. They even had pizza fellowship night for $10 a person. They allowed their members to use God's church as a venue to sell from their personal jobs. In fact, all the programs had a fee. We went for 4 weeks. One week, I saw a table for Mary Kay and the following week, they were sellling insurance.When worship started, where 500 people stood, we sang three songs and only a handful of people raised their hands. Where are the prayers? Where is the HOUSE OF PRAYER? How could they be so BLIND?
Several months ago, as I watched the Christian channel, I saw a pastor preaching while he was working out on a fitness equipment. He was riding a elliptical. An elliptical is a cross trainer to stimulate running, stair climbing, and walking. Recently, I have heard many churches are adding fitness gyms into their churches to lure in people.
Now, many other pastors are conjuring up ideas from the pit of hell to lure people into their churches to listen to their water downed compromised truth. Do they not know their actions are causing His House to become a den of thieves? It is but Ichabod!
When will these churches realize when they make HIS HOUSE A HOUSE OF PRAYER, THEN THE POWER OF GOD WILL RESIDE. HIS GLORY WILL RESIDE AND HIS GLORY WILL BEGAN TO HEAL PEOPLE, FREE PEOPLE, AND DELIVER PEOPLE. The Glory of God will lure people. People need to hear TRUTH. People need to GET ON THEIR KNEES AND REPENT! WE DO NOT NEED TO GET ON OUR KNEES IN A FITNESS ROOM LOCATED IN A CHURCH BEFORE OR AFTER SERVICE!!
Instead of praying, many of God's people are being lured to become 2 minute praying Christians. They are being led astray to become 1 hour gym enthusiasts built in our churches? Instead of praying on their knees before service, they are buying and sipping coffee in a coffee cafe in a church? Instead of praying on their knees for deliverance, they are going to humanistic 12 step program for their addictions? Instead of praying on their knees before or after church, they are talking about Green Bay or Steelers. Who are they glorying? They are stealing His Glory!! Instead of getting together to pray, they are selling pyramid schemes to one another. Instead of becoming prayer warriors, they have come to church to find someone to date.
Jeremiah 7:9-11 (Amplified Bible)
9Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,
10And [then dare to] come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My [a]Name, and say, [By the discharge of this religious formality] we are set free!--only to go on with this wickedness and these abominations?
11Has this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes [a place of retreat for you between acts of violence]? Behold, I Myself have seen it, says the Lord.
Where is the temple of God now?
1 Corinthians 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
16Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God's temple (His sanctuary), and that God's Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you [to be at home in you, [a]collectively as a church and also individually]?
1 Corinthians 3:16 (New King James Version)
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
You as an individual, you as a child of God, you as a child of the MOST HIGH is now His Temple. You are now His HOUSE! Are you a House of Prayer or are you a House of den of thieves. What are you doing as an individual? Are you a child of the MOST HIGH doing what a child of the MOST HIGH does...prays? Or are you filling HIS HOUSE with other idols? Are you filling HIS Temple with hours of nonsense TV, secular music, and other worldly licentious things or are you filling HIS TEMPLE with PRAYERS? Because HIS HOUSE is suppose to be called a HOUSE OF PRAYER. And if you are a 2 minute a day praying professing Christian, your tables are going to be turned upside down because you are selling yourself to the world and when HE shows up you will not recognize His Voice because the voice you will recognize is only the WORLD'S!
Isaiah 56:6-8 (Amplified Bible)
6Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to Him and to love the name of the Lord and to be His servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it and who holds fast My covenant [by conscientious obedience]--
7All these I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
8Thus says the Lord God, Who gathers the outcasts of Israel: I will gather yet others to [Israel] besides those already gathered.
You better get on your knees and PRAY! Do you not realize what God is saying through His servants? Difficult and dark days are coming on to the world and if are not spiritual strong, you will NOT SURVIVE! FACEBOOK DOES NOT COUNT AS PRAYING!!! If you got the gift of tongue, you should be praying while driving in your car, while walking, while jogging, during your break, you must pray unceassingly. Time is running out! Store up your prayers. If you do not have the gift of tongue, then GET ON YOUR KNEES AND ASK! Ask and ask until you receive!
PRAY AND PRAY AND BE BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT!!! YOU MUST BE BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE READY FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO COME ON THE WORLD!!! BE BAPTIZED BY HIM WITH FIRE!!! PRAY FOR HIS BAPTISM!! HE WILL NOT SHARE HIS TEMPLE WITH ANYONE OR ANY THING! HE IS GATHERING A PEOPLE WHO PRAYS! HE IS GATHERING A PEOPLE FOR HIS HOUSE OF PRAYER!! DO YOU NOT SEE THE STORM COMING??? LORD HAVE MERCY ON A STIFFED NECKED PEOPLE!! MERCYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRAY FOR MERCY!!!!!!!!
All the GLORY TO THE KING OF KINGS
FIRE OF GOD
Steve Yong Kim
by Steve Yong Kim on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 10:51pm
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