What does it mean that the house of prayer had been turned into a den of thieves? How had the temple been defiled by the money changers?

Tough question. When I see churches selling "ministry materials" right inside the church hall during service, and so much emphasis on the 'giving' part of the gospel at the expense of the 'faith, salvation, etc' part, I wonder how this is different from what Jesus Christ fought against when he overturned the tables of the money changers and those selling doves...
Remember doves were also some kind of the 'ministry materials' in those days.

if we are going to get what jesus was dealing with here, we must see it beyond the level of jesus sending out some group o people away form the temple, What jesus did then is symbolic i.e us what should happen to the thieves in the Church.
The main thing Jesus is dealing with Errors In the Church

Barnes Commentary:

Mat_21:13

And said It is written ... - This is written in Isa_56:7. The first part of this verse only is quoted from Isaiah. The rest - “but ye have made it a den of thieves” - was added by Jesus, denoting their abuse of the temple. Thieves and robbers live in dens and caves. Judea was then much infested with them. In their dens thieves devise and practice iniquity. These buyers and sellers imitated them. They made the temple a place of gain; they cheated and defrauded; they took advantage of the poor, and, by their being under a necessity of purchasing these articles for sacrifice, they “robbed” them by selling what they had at an enormous price.

OLAADEGBU:


What does it mean that the house of prayer had been turned into a den of thieves? How had the temple been defiled by the money changers?

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OLAADEGBU:
What does it mean that the house of prayer had been turned into a den of thieves? How had the temple been defiled by the money changers?

Pastors have turned churches into a business. Using church money to help them selves instead of others. Charging money for "special" prayers etc.
Some pastors are thieves

OLAADEGBU:
What does it mean that the house of prayer had been turned into a den of thieves? How had the temple been defiled by the money changers?

Pastors have turned churches into a business. Using church money to help them selves instead of others. Charging money for "special" prayers etc. Being christian is about being christ-like and christ didnt collect money from anybody to do any miracle or prayer
Some pastors are thieves