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“Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭19:45-46‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.19.45-46.nkjv Without a deliberate desire to clearly distinguish between exploits and exploitation in business activities, anyone would make little sense out of the zeal in our Lord Jesus Christ in driving out those who buy and sell their merchandise inside the temple. The sense of indifference would readily query what was wrong with the trading of the items that the visiting worshippers need for sacrifices right inside the temple. The clue from Jesus is the reference to distinction between the ‘house of prayer’ and ‘den of thieves’. Exploits is attained in life’s activities by lifting up holy hands in the house of prayer; while exploitation of any system composed of people’s disorganized lifestyle through hypocritical hands is possib...

Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Luke 19:41‭-‬42 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/luk.19.41-42.NKJV When a man sincerely weep over the socio-economic and political imperfections of a city, citizens are easily moved to acknowledge the good heart and the desire for change from the status quo. Notwithstanding, the root cause analysis of the problems of any man and the pursuit of peace are mostly remote to the understanding of carnal man. Likewise, in the days of our Lord Jesus Christ, Jerusalem had a misunderstanding of the right strategy for peace prospect in her moment of visitation by the Prince of Peace. And when the Prince of Peace truly weeps over the plight of the soul of a man, the consequences are eternally devastating. The prospect for socio-economic or political peace at home, workplaces and the society reques...