By Elimu Assistant Team 
Reasons why Jesus wept and cleansed the temple for Jerusalem
- Jesus wept over the city and the temple of Jerusalem because they had ceased to serve the purpose for which they were intended.
- People had turned the temple, which was God’s house into a market where they over-reached in trade.
- Jerusalem had failed to serve as an example of holiness despite being Zion or David’s city.
- It was here in Jerusalem that Jesus was going to be rejected and executed because it had rejected His messiahship.
- Jerusalem together with the temple and the people were only good for destruction. They had lost meaning and purpose.
- The Jews had failed to be a good example for bringing salvation to the Gentiles.
