I had an interesting conversation with a Messianic Rabbi about the
cleansing of the temple.  He said that the problem was not so much what
the money changers were doing as where they were doing it.  There were
stalls outside the temple proper specifically designed for the merchants.
 The interior of the temple was specifically and exclusively for worship.
 But they had carried the business inside the worship area.  That was the
problem.  When you entered the temple, you were to leave the world
outside, even the part of the world that helped you get the stuff you
needed to worship.  

	I know some churches have bookstores and booktables, and Christian
performers sell their tapes and CD's after a concert, and that's fine, so
long as they do not set up booths in the sanctuary.   I think that is the
analogy.  

	Likewise, a professor of mine stated that the cursing of the fig tree
and the cleansing of the temple were connected.  That the fig tree
incident was a parable for the disciples, and the cleansing of the temple
was a public parable.  Sadly, the moneychangers were probably back the
next day.  That may also have been part of the parable.  Something about,
"He that hath ears, let him hear".

Thanks,
Dave Milner