HAVE WE MADE IT A DEN OF THIEVES?
This picture was taken from Google MEMORY VERSE MATTHEW 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. LESSON BACKGROUND : Taken from: https://bethelhouseofprayer.com/about/what-is-a-house-of-prayer/ What exactly is a House of Prayer? The first reference given to a house of prayer is found in the Old Testament in Isaiah 56:7 “For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”(all Nations) parenthesis mine. The next time this passage is mentioned is in the New Testament and Jesus quote the same verse in Matthew 21:12-13 after He entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling and the money changers and Jesus quotes the passage from Isaiah. In Matthew 21:13, Jesus says “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a DEN OF THIEVES.” There are two other times in the New Testament this same verse is quoted and t