Jerusalem is a great city, the pinnacle of human history. When Moses led the Israelites back to the city, the industrious Jewish ancestors expanded the territory here, founded the city under King David, and brought her to its first glory in the time of King Solomon.

But in the following period, the Herodians occupied Jerusalem and imposed brutal rule, and then the Romans defeated the Herodians and established the Jewish province of the Roman Empire in the area centered on Jerusalem, and established a local governor, according to the officials of the Roman Empire, Herodian was retained, he was only a puppet.

The Jews, who had lived here for generations, continued their simple and hard life, living under the dual rule of Rome and Heroddia.

Passover is one of the most important Jewish festivals and the Jewish New Year, which commemorates Moses' successful exit from Egypt with the Israelites and the sight of God punishing Egypt.

It is a festival that is highly valued by all Jews, and it is customary for every family to slaughter lambs and make traditional Jewish foods such as unleavened bread and bitter herb platters on this day, and the whole family celebrates this festival together.

However, this year's Jerusalem was a different story when the Passover came. The dual rule of Rome and Herodea made life difficult for the Israelites, and in this important festival, most of the Israelites had no lambs to slaughter at all, and even greens were extremely precious food, and the poor Israelites only had unleavened bread to eat, but no lambs and greens.

On this day, the atmosphere in Jerusalem was extremely tense, and not only this year, but in recent years, anger and unrest have condensed in the air over Jerusalem before the Passover.

The Roman governor Pilate ordered the Roman legions of the entire Jewish province to be stationed in Jerusalem to impose martial law, because the governor of the Roman Empire was well aware of the powerful undercurrent surging in the introverted and deep character of the Israelites, and that if this undercurrent erupted, it would be irreparably terrible.

It was at Passover that year that Jesus came to Jerusalem for the first time. He had heard of the grandeur and grandeur of the city, but when he saw it on the hillside outside the city, he was deeply impressed.

Jerusalem was built on a hillside, and the tallest and most majestic buildings were the temple of Judaism, the palace of King Heroddia, and the residence of the Roman governor.

After admiring the beauty of Jerusalem, Jesus marched toward the city. At the gates of the city, he was prevented without exception, for for a man dressed as a shepherd, it was necessary to pay taxes to enter the city.

Jesus was so cooperative that he paid the entrance tax, and the Roman soldiers guarding the gates spared him, and he entered Jerusalem without any problems.

Jerusalem was very depressed and tense on this day, and although it was only noon, the streets were sparsely populated and the street vendors were almost gone, replaced by bands of Roman soldiers patrolling the streets. They occasionally rubbed shoulders with the Jews, and each returned the other with anger in their eyes, as if they were about to ignite at any moment.

Jesus walked along the street towards the center of the city, his destination was the temple of Judaism, and after several inquiries, passers-by pointed him in the right direction.

The tall roof of the temple was getting closer and closer, and on the way to the temple, Jesus passed by the granary in Jerusalem. The gates were locked, and Roman and Hyradian soldiers surrounded the place because of the large number of hungry people gathered here. They were Israelites who were desperately poor, poor people who could not even afford unleavened bread.

They stretched out their bony arms, hoping that the ruler of Jerusalem would give them some life-saving food this Thanksgiving. However, they waited for merciless whipping and the threat of knives and guns.

Jesus stood by and watched silently, his face expressionless, but his hands were already clenched into fists with anger.

He turned around and continued to walk like a temple.

The closer you get to the temple, the more ornate the buildings on both sides of the road. These buildings were the residences of the Roman and Herodian nobles and the Israeli clergy, especially the clergy, who were even building bridges so that they could cross the whole street directly from the courtyard of their homes to enter the temple, and they did not seem to want to walk alongside the common people, and the high above would make them despise everything, and at the same time completely detach them from human life.

The smell of roasted lamb and laughter wafted from these buildings, where singing and dancing were taking place, and where the rich were celebrating Passover, forgetting that just beyond the walls, countless people were starving.

Jesus came to the door of the temple, and without hesitation, he strode in, while in the square in front of the temple, the clergy were preparing for the burnt offering every night.

The bonfire was already burning, and the lamb to be offered to the gods was tied to a pillar beside it, and when the time came, the poor creature would be thrown into the fire and burned to honor the gods with its death.

A huge red tent hung from the temple's doorway, gently swaying in the breeze, covering everything inside the temple, making it seem that the inside of the temple was mysterious and not accessible to mortals.

Ignoring this authority, Jesus strode up to the lamb to release it and continue toward the temple.

At this time, the temple was very cold, and they hesitated that it was Passover, so all the clergy seemed to be extremely relaxed, and they gathered in groups in the corner to gossip, so they relaxed their guard, and let Jesus, the man of life, break in.

It was only when they discovered that the lamb for sacrifice had disappeared and that an unkempt stranger had broken into the temple.

They stopped Jesus and asked him in a loud voice, "Who are you, that you dare to trespass into the forbidden place, that you are not afraid that the gods will condemn you?" ”

Jesus was not afraid of these clergy to stop and question, but cried out: "Our people are suffering." Why don't you give them food, today is the greatest feast of the Israelites, not the hunger of the people! ”

The clergy were overwhelmed by Jesus' fearlessness, because for all these years no one had dared to challenge the clergy, and today, they did not know what to do with this young Israelite.

At that moment, an old voice shouted, "Arrest this offending god!" (To be continued.) )