The football team is in the huddle. One of the players comes running in from the sidelines. As soon as he joins the huddle he begins barking out orders. He tells them what play they are going to run. He gives blocking assignments. He tells the receivers what routes to run. To us this scenario seems completely normal, but the players in the huddle look baffled. They are confused because the player barking out orders is not the quarterback. He is not even a team captain. Instead he is a rookie who has yet to play a single down for the team. At long last one of the players looks at him and says, “Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to take charge?”
This Sunday we will walk through a passage in which Jesus walks into Jerusalem and takes charge. Last Sunday we saw Jesus remain undercover while He performed His first sign. This Sunday we will see Jesus explode onto the scene by acting as if He has the right to take charge at the most sacred location in all of Israel: the temple. When Jesus is asked what gives Him to right to bark out orders at the temple, He will reveal a profound truth not only about the purpose of temple, but also about His purpose in our lives.
Dan
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