1. Lesson 3 – trouble at the temple
Mark 11-12
Lesson 3 – trouble at the temple

2. Trouble at the temple
BACKGROUND: - VERSE 11 - WE SEE JESUS OBSERVING SOME THINGS AT THE TEMPLE. - WHATEVER HE SAW HE WOULD ADDRESS THE NEXT DAY WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE TEMPLE. - LET’S LOOK AT THE TEMPLE AND ITS COURTS. - COURT OF THE GENTILES - COURT OF WOMEN

3. TROUBLE AT THE TEMPLE - COURT OF THE ISRAELITES - COURT OF THE PRIESTS
- HOLY PLACE & HOLY OF HOLIES
OUR LESSON TAKES PLACE IN THE COURT OF THE GENTILES.
- PART OF JEWISH WORSHIP INVOLVED SACRIFICING OF ANIMALS.
- LEVITICUS 5:6-7; 14:22
- MARK MENTIONS “Doves Being Sold” – SACRIFICE OF THE POOR
- “SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY” – TAX HAD TO BE PAID IN JEWISH MONEY.

4. TROUBLE AT THE TEMPLE - Often Used For Business – Trade Route.
- Verse 16 – “VESSELS THROUGHTHE TEMPLE”
- The Temple courtyard provided a quick path between the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives.
- Often Used For Business – Trade Route.
- Let’s Revisit the Text and Dig Deeper:
- Mark 11:15-18

5. Trouble at temple
SOME PHRASES TO TAKE NOTE:
- VS 15 –16 - “Drive Out” , “Overturned”, “Not Permit”
- Vs 17 – “My House”, “House of Prayer”, “Robber’s Den”
- Vs 18 – “Seeking to Destroy”, “Astonished at Teaching”

6. Trouble at the temple
HAVE WE FALLEN SHORT?