Matthew 21: 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
Thus, according to the testimony of Christ on the state of things in His house, there were to be found several thieves. A “Den of thieves” refers to a sort of lair, where many are to be found, very similar to the den of lions into which Daniel was once thrown. It wasn’t one lion down there. Now, we are trying to be as reasonable and logical as possible as we think these things through.
If His house has some murderers, a lot of thieves, a lot of hypocrites, and some liars, it might seem logical for Jesus to be done with the it, and go start His own independent church, where truth can be preached in a much more favorable environment. But no, He still regards it as “My House” and week after week and Sabbath after Sabbath He continues to attend services there, because as far as Jesus was concerned, the storehouse, My house didn’t change because of negative circumstances on the ground.
In fact, when pressed on the issue of His financial contributions to the defective church, He sent Peter with some money to pay directly to the same den of thieves, for as far as Jesus was concerned, it was still “The store house and My House” just as it had been ordained by God in the Old Testament.
Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
May God add is blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!