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Therein lies the charge of adultery<ref>The NAB uses "unfaithful," but the translation is "adulterous. See footnote to [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?39 Mt 12:39]</ref>: putting the form of the law above its substance, the Pharisees had transferred love of God to that of self. As we see in Old Testament books, such as Hosea<ref>[https://bible.usccb.org/bible/hosea/1 Hosea] is one of the Prophetic Books</ref>, adultery is a metaphor for unfaithfulness to God. Whatever happened following the Revolt of the Maccabees and their restoration of the Temple, by the time Jesus overturned the tables, things needed to change. | Therein lies the charge of adultery<ref>The NAB uses "unfaithful," but the translation is "adulterous. See footnote to [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?39 Mt 12:39]</ref>: putting the form of the law above its substance, the Pharisees had transferred love of God to that of self. As we see in Old Testament books, such as Hosea<ref>[https://bible.usccb.org/bible/hosea/1 Hosea] is one of the Prophetic Books</ref>, adultery is a metaphor for unfaithfulness to God. Whatever happened following the Revolt of the Maccabees and their restoration of the Temple, by the time Jesus overturned the tables, things needed to change. | ||
Perhaps the Jews had lost their way, perhaps Herod's Temple was an affront to God, or perhaps it , whatever the reason, we know it was God's chosen time and place to play out his Salvation History. | |||
The faithful of Israel, Mary, Peter, the crowds... they were there. But so was the adultery of the leaders, which due to it lost their authority. | |||