Jesus [he/him]
The Cleansing Of The Temple
The Gospel Of John
13 And the Jewish passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 In the temple he found merchants selling cattle, sheep and doves for sacrifices. He saw dealers sitting at tables exchanging money and roman currency.
15 Jesus made a whip out of cords, and drove all the merchants out from the Temple. He freed the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins across the floor, and overturned their tables.
16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
17 Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Concern for God’s house will be my undoing.”
18 and the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it!”
19 “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple! and you are going to raise it in three days?”
21 But the temple Jesus had spoken of was the flesh and the bones of his body. 22 and when he was resurrected after his crucifixion, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
- JOHN 2: 13-22
The Gospel of Matthew
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 those that sold doves,
13 And he said unto them “It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers!”
- Matthew 21:12-13
Proto-anarcho-socialist, yes. Capitalism hadn’t been developed yet, so it was of course missing aspects.
Still, the early church had fully communal property, gender equality, mutual healthcare, and were anti-imperialist to the point that the Romans started executing them because they kept setting fire to Roman buildings.
This is pretty close, but there was more blood involved (not mine, the merchant’s).
The early Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire because they directly threatened the Roman’s commerce model and also because they started blowing a lot of imperial shit up.
Turns out lying to your comrades and hoarding wealth is a really bad idea.
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Best part is the apostles being like “dude why the fuck even sell your house if you’re going to pull this shit? You’re not just lying to everyone here, you’re lying to God.” Then the radlib dies. 💀
Acts 2:
44 All who believed were together and held everything in common, 45 and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, according to their need.
Acts 4:
34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales 35 and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
-James, 5:1-6