Biblical Reading and Reflections: July 24th (Nehemiah 2 & John 2)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Temple Cleansing in John's Gospel
John presents christ as the ark in chapter one, upon which god's presence rests. By placing the temple cleansing at this point, he would situate the entire narrative that follows under the shadow of the passion week. In leviticus, it is tested once and cleansed, and then the second time it is tested and condemned. Perhaps this is placed here to suggest that there are two such events; another possibility is that it is situated out of chronological sequence. That john is centred upon jerusalem throughout might also help to introduce a movement through the temple that we can see in these chapters.
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