John 2:15-17 Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, “Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a shopping mall!” That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture, “Zeal for your house consumes me.”

Most of the paintings I see of Jesus today make him look like such a wimp.  He is depicted as a frail, pretty boy that couldn’t hurt a fly.  I think that is why I like this scripture so much.  Jesus makes a whip from scratch.  He doesn’t just pick up a whip; he makes one with his own hands!  He then cleans house and no one dares challenge him.  Jesus was a bad dude in a good way!