My fellow brethren in Christ i am glad to be here and to share with you all some lessons i learnt from this awesome message titled:
Why did the house of prayer in Jerusalem became a den of thieves?
The incidence which took place in Matthew chapter 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.
In the above passage, Jesus Christ quoted what was already written down in the scriptures.
For he said "it is written"
Which means that God's house was to be a house of prayer not for thieves, market or robbers.
But humans had turned it into a place of gambling.
Isaiah 56 : 7
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
But it wasn't so because it was already prophecised by prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah chapter 7 verse 11 that the house which is called by his name will be turned into a den of robbers.
Jeremiah 7 : 11
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
Hence the temple was to be destroyed that's why Jesus Christ told his disciples ahead of time.