fanatical people by anyone with a good deal of knowledge of the ancient scripts, shows up the same lack of understanding of the biblical records that must have driven Jesus to the point of assault. But then this is the same with any religious cult in the outer fringes of a popular religion. These fanatics (ultra orthodox Christians alike), talk in generalised terms and break down quickly when confronted with direct questions on biblical texts. There are many misundertood concepts that are taken for granted by fanatical elements. The Levites for example, who appear to be of the temple order of Judea, were in fact in Shiloh when King Saul protected the Arc. Were they Judean therefore or of another tribe ? This puts their Judean origins in question. Things of that nature were the sort of sparking points which got Jesus hot under the collar. In fact he got to that situation with the moneylenders, as he saw them pollute the sanctity of a site which even he, in principle, assumed to be worthy of some respect because of its influence on the community. He was also protecting Herod´s temple but he did not consider it as pure as he as a Templar Essene would have liked it to be or perhaps even properly installed, since he spoke about rebuilding (cleansing) it. The incident with the merchants that drove the priests to white hatred is a curious prophetic echo of an earlier biblical sayings that cannot be dismissed, because it refers to a little understood saying: “Return to Shiloh what belongs to Shiloh”. The full implication of this is almost awesome for it was at Shiloh where the Arc was taken by the enemies of Israel. To Jesus, the missing Arc was the lost identity of the people of Israel which Judea had usurped. The new united Israel did not include Judea
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